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Mrs. Force , her three daughters , and Miss Meeke , soon filed in , and the conversation became general . Mr. Force and Leonidas entered soon after , and only in time for dinner . The afternoon was passed in chess , music and conversation , and after an early tea Dr. and Mrs. Peters bade good-by to their entertainers and started for their home . Dr. Ingle lingered longer -- in fact , until after ten o'clock , the usual bedtime at Mondreer , and then at length he said good-night and went away . But the family of Mondreer did not immediately retire on the departure of their last guest . Was not this the first of January ? And was not their dear Leonidas to leave them on the second ?