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They finally gave it up about half-past five and retreated , pressing Peter to pay them a call at the earliest opportunity . This was positively all that Peter saw , on this occasion , of Henry Galleon . It was quite enough to give him a great deal to think about , but it could scarcely be called a meeting . At quarter to six when Peter was in despair and Alice Galleon had ordered the tea-things to be taken away Clare Rossiter rushed in . She stood a whirlwind of flying colours in the middle of the Studio now sinking into twilight . `` Alice dear , I am most terribly sorry but mother _ would _ stay . I could n't get her to leave and it was all so awkward .