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Did she tell you ? '' `` No ; she did n't have to . Leslie ran in yesterday afternoon , and told me that Mama has been in bed since Saturday ! I telephoned Sunday morning , but Hendrick and I were taking the boys up to his uncle 's house , in Westchester , and -- as she did n't say one word about being ill -- I did n't see her that day , nor yesterday , as it happened , for we did n't come down until noon . When Leslie came in , there were other people there for tea , and I did n't have a chance to speak to her alone . But I went over to Mama this morning , and she seems all broken up ! '' `` What did she tell you ? ''