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Ida Tabor had not always been admitted to the Fordyces ' sacred portals . `` Blondin and I are getting it up , '' she further elucidated , `` I want Nina in it , and Ward , too . Blondin is lending us the most gorgeous tapestries and things you ever saw ! '' Harriet was not concerned for Nina 's plans after today ; for Richard had telephoned her at three o'clock that the morning papers would have `` the news , '' and that he was coming home to tell his children of their mother 's death , to-night . But she must get rid of this woman now , somehow . It would be fatal to have Ida Tabor here when Richard Carter returned . Her time was short , Harriet thought anxiously , for at any minute now the young people might stream back for tea .