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`` I shall have to leave soon after ten , '' replied Maggie , `` so , if Mr. Hammond can not arrive until after that hour , I shall not have the pleasure of seeing him . '' `` Oh , but you must really stay later than that ; it would be too cruel to leave us so early . '' `` I am afraid I can not . The gates are closed at St. Benet 's at eleven o'clock , and I do not care to remain out until the last moment . '' Meta was obliged , with great reluctance , to leave her guest , and a moment later Annie Day came up eagerly to Maggie 's side . `` It 's all right , '' she said , drawing Miss Oliphant into the shelter of a window ; `` I have found out all I want to know . '' `` What is that ? ''