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But for once in her life the vicar 's wife was not communicative in return . That the situation should have driven even Mrs. Thornburgh to finesse was a surprising testimony to its gravity . What between her sudden taciturnity and Catherine 's pale silence , the girls ' sense of expectancy was roused to its highest pitch . ` They come back to-morrow night , ' said Rose thoughtfully , ` and he goes Saturday -- 10:20 from Whinborough -- one day for the Fifth Act ! By the way , why did Mrs. Thornburgh ask us to say nothing about Saturday at home ? ' She _ had _ asked them , however ; and with a pleasing sense of conspiracy they complied . It was late on Thursday afternoon when Mrs. Thornburgh , finding the Burwood front door open , made her unchallenged way into the hall , and after an unanswered knock at the drawing-room door , opened it and peered in to see who might be there .