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`` Expect me by the train which reaches Waterloo at nine o'clock , '' wired the gallant Sir John . `` There , now , Antonia , '' said Mrs. Bernard Temple , `` you have only yourself to blame . What is to be done ? We shall be at the theatre at nine o'clock . '' `` Nothing could possibly be better , mother ; I sha n't go . I shall wait here for Sir John ; we 'll have a nice quiet time . '' `` My dear , I 'm afraid he 'll be terribly offended . ''