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He stooped down and kissed her on the forehead . Then he went from the room , took his hat , and letting himself out of the house closed the door behind him . He called a passing cab , and , as he entered it , he said to the driver : `` Go to the London and County Bank in Victoria Street , '' and gaily waving his hand to his daughter , who stood behind the window , he drove off . At one o'clock he returned in the same high spirits . Sylvia had spent the morning in removing the superfluous cherries and roses from her best hat and making her frock at once more simple and more suitable to her years . Garratt Skinner surveyed her with pride . `` Come on , '' he said .