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He could not make up his mind whether to accompany Donna Maria when she left the concert , or to approach Elena , nor could he determine where this incident would be favourable to him or otherwise with either of the ladies . ` I am going , ' said Donna Maria , rising at the end of the movement . ` You will not wait till the end ? ' ` No , I must be home by five o'clock . ' ` Do not forget -- to-morrow morning -- ' She held out her hand . It was perhaps the air of the close room that sent a flush to her pale cheek . A velvet mantle of a dull leaden shade , with a deep border of chinchilla , covered her to her feet , and amid the soft gray fur the violets were dying exquisitely .