six
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Was it Chance , or Necessity , or Providence , that caused Ted and Hardy to meet at the parting of the ways ? -- that waked Ted from the dream of self-destruction , and lodged Hardy under the same roof with Katherine Haviland ? His arrangements completed , Hardy hurried off again to Chelsea . Audrey , he thought , had expected him by a later train , and would be back by six o'clock , waiting for him . This time the footman met him with a little note from his mistress . Audrey had never dreamed that Vincent could get up to town so quickly . She was so sorry she had missed him ; especially as she had had to go to bed with a feverish cold and a splitting headache .