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But she prepared to retreat again for the Easter vacation , not to go back to Harsh , but to pay a couple of country visits . She did not , however , depart with the crowd -- she never did anything with the crowd -- but waited till the Monday after Parliament rose ; facing with composure , in Great Stanhope Street , the horrors , as she had been taught to consider them , of a Sunday out of the session . She had done what she could to mitigate them by asking a handful of `` stray men '' to dine with her that evening . Several members of this disconsolate class sought comfort in Great Stanhope Street in the afternoon , and them for the most part she also invited to return at eight o'clock . There were accordingly almost too many people at dinner ; there were even a couple of wives . Nick Dormer was then present , though he had not been in the afternoon . Each of the other persons had said on coming in , `` So you 've not gone -- I 'm awfully glad . ''