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`` We would better wait and see if they wish to come , '' I said . `` It seems unlikely , and my town house is being remodeled . '' At that he let the matter drop , but it came up unpleasantly enough , later . At six o'clock the body was taken away , and at seven-thirty , after an early dinner , Mr. Harton went . Gertrude had not come down , and there was no news of Halsey . Mr. Jamieson had taken a lodging in the village , and I had not seen him since mid-afternoon . It was about nine o'clock , I think , when the bell rang and he was ushered into the living-room .