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She did not intend to depend purely on Gibbon 's `` Rome , '' evidently . `` Are you expecting any one , Elizabeth ? '' she asked , with the frank directness characteristic of mothers , and Elizabeth , fixing a date in her mind with terrible firmness , looked up absently and said : `` No one in particular . '' At three o'clock , with a slight headache from concentration , she went upstairs and put up her hair again ; rather high this time to make her feel taller . Of course , it was not likely he would come . He was very busy . So many people depended on him .