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And then Clara sent off the following reply , written under her mother 's dictation ; though the countess strove very hard to convince her daughter that she was wording it out of her own head : -- Lady Clara Desmond presents her compliments to Mr. Owen Fitzgerald , and will see Mr. Owen Fitzgerald at Desmond Court at two o'clock to-morrow , if Mr. Owen Fitzgerald persists in demanding such an interview . Lady Clara Desmond , however , wishes to express her opinion that it would be better avoided . Desmond Court , Thursday evening . The countess thought that this note was very cold and formal , and would be altogether conclusive ; but , nevertheless , at about eleven o'clock that night there came another messenger from Hap House with another letter , saying that Owen would be at Desmond Court at two o'clock on the following day . `` He is very foolish ; that is all I can say , '' said the countess . All that night and all the next morning poor Clara was very wretched . That she had been right to give up a suitor who lived such a life as Owen Fitzgerald lived she could not doubt .