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`` She has had trouble enough of her own to bear lately . '' `` And I think your Dolly is at this moment just where God means her to be , '' answered Miss Gerace , a little gruffly , for she herself was uneasy about her niece 's appearance , and in her heart considered Dolly stood in as much need of tender care as Mrs. Werner . Just about the time when Miss Gerace was leaving , in order to make the , to her , unaccustomed journey to London , Mr. Forde sat alone in his office waiting impatiently for the appearance of Werner , or a note from him . `` You shall hear from me to-morrow before midday , without fail , '' Werner had promised on the previous forenoon , and whatever his faults he had never failed in a promise of this nature before . `` Ah ! if that little wretch Kleinwort , who loved always to be talking evil about Werner , had only been like him , I need never have been reduced to the straits in which I find myself to-day , '' thought the unfortunate manager . `` Had any one planted an acre of reeds , Mr. Forde would have gone on transferring his simple faith from one to another till the last one broke . ''