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`` Why , that 's the only part of the business I am afraid you wo n't like -- but there is no help for it ; -- and , after all , it is a great deal better so than if you had time to wear yourselves out with mourning ; better , and easier too , in the end . '' `` How soon ? '' repeated Mrs. Montgomery , with an agonized accent . `` Why , I 'm a little afraid of startling you -- Dunscombe 's wife must go , he told me , to-morrow morning ; and we arranged that she could call in the carriage at six o'clock to take up Ellen . '' Mrs. Montgomery put her hands to her face and sank back against the sofa . `` I was afraid you would take it so , '' said her husband , `` but I do n't think it is worth while . It is a great deal better as it is ; a great deal better than if she had a long warning .