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He just took them and marched off . '' `` Perhaps he does n't like grapes , '' suggested Mrs. Mortimer , grim to the last . After breakfast , when Mrs. Mortimer and her father disappeared , Lydia found herself with a long morning before her . The doctor telephoned that he could not come before noon . Judge Emery , after his proprietary good-by kiss , advised her to be quiet and rest . She looked a little pale , he thought , and he was afraid that , after her cool ocean voyage , she would find the heat of an Ohio September rather trying . Indeed , as Lydia idled for a moment over the dismantled breakfast table she was by no means moved to activity .