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`` That would be a confession of weakness . '' `` It is one I 'd be the better for making . '' `` Well , anyhow , as I am hostess I can order you to bed . It must be one o'clock . I do n't doubt you will find more than one affinity if you are awakening ; that is merely the mating instinct . Good-night . '' Far too hospitable and high-handed to incommode a guest , she did not tell him that Paula had gone , and that Stone had sauntered out in search of a `` bracer , '' and had not returned .