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`` Take it at once , and tell her I shall be up to see her presently . '' Jarvis vanished . `` I think I see a way to put pressure on her , that is if the morning has n't already brought her back to her senses . '' At four o'clock that afternoon , Avice Milbrey 's ring brought Mrs. Van Geist 's butler to the door . `` Sandon , is Aunt Cornelia at home ? '' `` Yes , Miss Milbrey , she 's confined to her room h ` account h ` of a cold , miss . '' `` Thank heaven ! ''