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`` In reply to your note of Wednesday evening , '' said Henriette . `` Certainly you wrote to me Wednesday evening ? It was delivered by your own man , Blunderby I think his name is ? About half-past seven o'clock it was -- Wednesday . '' `` Yes , Bunderby did carry a note to you from me on Wednesday , '' said Mrs. Shadd . `` But -- '' `` And in it you said that you were called to Boston by an accident to your son Willie in his automobile : that you might not be able to get back in time for to-night 's affair and would n't I take it over , '' protested Mrs. Van Raffles , vehemently . `` I ? ''