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`` Oh , no , I would rather you did not trouble and I wo n't stay , thank you nevertheless . I expect she will ring me up when she comes in . '' `` Is there any message I can give her ? '' `` Well '' -- she hesitated for an instant -- `` you might tell her , if you would , that I only returned home at eight o'clock , so that I could not come around any earlier . '' She glanced rapidly at Irvin , biting her lip . `` I wish I could have seen her , '' she added in a low voice . `` She wishes to see you particularly ? ''