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The parlourmaid waited on her , but knew very well -- and resented the knowledge -- that Miss Marvell was scarcely aware of her existence , or her presence in the room . But presently the lady at the table asked -- `` Is Miss Blanchflower getting up ? '' `` She will be down directly , Miss. '' Gertrude 's eyebrows rose , unconsciously . She herself was never late for an 8:30 breakfast , and never went to bed till long after midnight . The ways of Delia , who varied between too little sleep and the long nights of fatigue , seemed to her self-indulgent . After her letters had been put aside and the ordinary newspapers , she took up a new number of the _ Tocsin _ . The first page was entirely given up to an article headed `` How LONG ? ''