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Ca n't you see that I 'm only very hot ? ' ` But where have you been ? I waited dinner an hour for you . It 's past two o'clock ! ' Kate did not know how to account for her absence from home , but after a pause she answered , thinking of Mr. Lennox as she spoke , ` Mrs. Barnes kept me waiting above an hour trying her dress on , and then I was so done up with night-watching and sewing that I thought I 'd go for a walk , ' and after wiping her weary hot face she asked her mother-in-law if many people had been in the shop that morning . ` Well , yes , half a dozen or more , ' Mrs. Ede answered , and began to recount the different events of the morning . Mrs. White had bought one of the aprons ; she said she had n't seen the pattern before ; a stranger had taken another ; and Miss Sargent had called and wanted to know how much it would cost to remake her blue dress .