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I would doubtless have spoiled and mismanaged him ! '' It is not to be supposed that Sunna Vedder kept away from all this social stir and preparation . She was first and foremost in everything during Monday and Tuesday , but Wednesday she reserved herself altogether for the evening . No one saw her until the noon hour ; then she came to the dinner table , for she had an entirely fresh request to make , one which she was sure would require all her personal influence to compass . She prefaced it with the intelligence that Boris had arrived during the night , and that Elga had met him in the street -- `` looking more handsome than any man ought to look , except upon his wedding day . '' `` And on that day , '' said Adam , gloomily , `` a man has generally good cause to look ugly . '' `` But if he was going to marry me , Grandfather , how then ? ''