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Besides , did she not see with her own eyes that Mr. Smith was gone every day and evening , and that , when he was at home at meal-time , he was silent and preoccupied , and not like himself at all ? And it was such a pity -- she had thought so much of Mr. Smith ! It really made her feel quite ill . And Miss Maggie looked ill on the last evening of that holiday week when , at nine o'clock , Mr. Smith found her sitting idle-handed before the stove in the living-room . `` Why , Miss Maggie , what 's the matter with you ? '' cried the man , in very evident concern . `` You do n't look like yourself to-night ! ''