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`` Why , has n't the dinner-gong gone yet ? '' she inquired crossly . `` Cook gets more and more unpunctual ! '' `` I do n't think it can be eight o'clock yet , my dear , '' said her husband , `` it 's quite light still . '' `` Nonsense , Sidney , it must be long past dinner-time ! I 've been so lost in my own thoughts that somehow I -- '' `` Now , Mother , you know you 've been asleep and only just woke up ! '' said Edna , from one of the chintz couches .