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`` She might have got somebody to do so , '' suggested Miss Greeby , nodding . `` Then the somebody must be well acquainted with my handwriting , '' retorted Lady Agnes , and began to study the few lines closely . She might have written it herself , so much did it resemble her style of writing . The terse communication stated that the writer , who signed herself `` Agnes Pine , '' would meet `` her dearest Noel '' outside the blue door , shortly after midnight , and hoped that he would have the motor at the park gates to take them to London en route to Paris . `` Hubert is sure to get a divorce , '' ended the letter , `` and then we can marry at once and be happy ever more . '' It was certainly a silly letter , and Agnes laughed scornfully . `` I do n't express myself in that way , '' she said contemptuously , and still eyeing the writing wonderingly .