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There 's the future to be considered . '' `` Yes , '' she said , and she waited . `` I have asked your father to come over to-night after dinner , '' said Chayne . And into their private sitting-room Garratt Skinner entered at eight o'clock that evening . It was the first time that Sylvia had seen him since she had learned the whole truth , and she found the occasion one of trial . But Garratt Skinner carried it off . There was nothing of the penitent in his manner , but on the other hand he no longer affected the manner of a pained and loving parent .