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She had divined the outcome so much sooner than her partner that she had already passed through the agonies of failure and come to that other side where one looks about for the next engagement with life . Possibly she had already in view what this was to be . She assented indifferently to Ernestine 's proposal that they should meet Mr. Kemp and the agent at the Shop and decide what was to be done about the lease , which had more than a year to run . `` They 'll be there shortly after noon , '' Ernestine reminded Milly , as the latter was about to leave the house that day . `` All right , '' she said evasively . `` I 'll try to be there , but it wo n't make any difference if I 'm not -- you know about everything . '' She was not there .