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Well , then , I must do my own share and yours too , I suppose , '' and he turned with a shrug of his shoulders . The next morning , Sunday , Meyer went to work on his new plan . What it was Benita did not trouble to inquire , but she gathered that it had something to do with the measuring out of the chapel cave into squares for the more systematic investigation of each area . At twelve o'clock he emerged for his midday meal , in the course of which he remarked that it was very dreary working in that place alone , and that he would be glad when it was Monday , and they could accompany him . His words evidently disturbed Mr. Clifford not a little , and even excited some compunction in the breast of Benita . What would his feelings be , she wondered , when he found that they had run away , leaving him to deal with their joint undertaking single-handed ! Almost was she minded to tell him the whole truth ; yet -- and this was a curious evidence of the man 's ascendancy over her -- she did not .