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Does that satisfy you ? '' `` Yes , '' she said in a dull voice . She put away the receiver and , turning , dropped onto her bed . At eight o'clock the maid who had come to announce dinner found her young mistress lying there , clenched hands over her eyes , lying slim and rigid on her back in the darkness . When the electric lamps were lighted she rose , went to the mirror and looked steadily at herself for a long , long time . * * * * * She tasted what was offered , seeing nothing , hearing nothing ; later , in her room , a servant came saying that Mr. Gray begged a moment 's interview on a matter of importance connected with her brother . It was the only thing that could have moved her to see him .