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When Dion came back , of course , a flitting from Welsley would have to be faced , but to be driven away without that imperative reason would indeed be gall and wormwood . There were days when Rosamund felt unchristian towards Mrs. Dean , upon whom she had never looked , but with whom she had exchanged a great many cordial letters . In August , under the influence of a `` heavy cold , which seems the worse because of the heat , '' Mrs. Browning had agreed to let Rosamund stay on for another month , September ; and now Rosamund was anxiously awaiting a reply to her almost impassioned appeal for a six months ' extension of her lease . Canon Wilton was again in residence in the Precincts , and one afternoon he called at Little Cloisters , after the three o'clock service , to inquire what was the result of this appeal . Beatrice was staying with her sister for a few days , and when the Canon was shown in she was alone in the drawing-room , having just come up from the garden , where she had been playing with Robin , whose chirping high voice was audible , floating up from below . `` Is your sister busy ? '' asked the Canon , after greeting Beatrice .