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`` Good ! Thank you , Susan . Then I 'll come to-morrow at ten , '' nodded Miss Dorothy , once again her smiling , gracious self , as she turned to leave the room . Dorothy came at ten , or , to be strictly accurate , at five minutes past ten . The additional five minutes had been consumed by her going out of her way around the block so that she might see if Keith were visible in one of the McGuires ' windows . He was visible -- and when she went up the Burton walk at five minutes past ten , her step was confident and her face eager ; and there was about her manner none of the furtive , nervous questioning that had marked her coming the day before . `` Good-morning , Susan , '' she began cheerily , as Susan answered her ring .