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How could he conceive that she would accept -- ` Already she has arranged four dinner-parties ! It will be a relief not to have to think of that sort of thing -- to be able to leave it to her . ' ` Mrs. Innes must have great energy . To drive all the way up from Kalka by noon and appear at a dinner-party at night -- wonderful ! ' ` Oh , great energy , ' Horace said . ` She will take you everywhere -- to all the functions . She will insist on your duty to society . '