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`` Am I ? Let us see if I am . I accuse her of nothing but a slavish devotion to custom and the conventions . What did she say when you read her the chapter before this one : where _ Fidelia _ goes down to the dining-room at midnight and finds _ Fleming _ breaking into the silver-safe where the money is hidden ? '' `` I 'm not reading the story to her , '' he admitted , and again she laughed . `` But you do talk it over with her ; you could n't help doing that , '' she persisted . `` Sometimes , '' he allowed .