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But with Rose it was not simply her heart ; it was her nature as a woman that refused . That nature had been hurt to the very quick , humbled and brought low once . Surely it was enough ! For about a week after the evening on which she had received her mother 's letter and Edmund Grosse had been to see her , Molly Dexter stayed at home from four o'clock till seven o'clock and wore beautiful tea-gowns . She had a very small list of people to whom she was always at home written on a slate , but one by one they had been reduced in number . Now there were five -- Father Molyneux , who never came except by appointment ; Sir Edmund Grosse ; and three ladies who happened to be abroad for the winter . The week was from a Friday to a Thursday , and on the Thursday several things happened to Molly .