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But look into it thoroughly . '' `` Well ! '' cried Lapham , helplessly submitting . He took out his watch , and saw that he had forty minutes to catch the four o'clock train . He hurried back to his office , and put together some papers preparatory to going , and despatched a note by his boy to Mrs. Lapham saying that he was starting for New York , and did not know just when he should get back . The early spring day was raw and cold . As he went out through the office he saw the clerks at work with their street-coats and hats on ; Miss Dewey had her jacket dragged up on her shoulders , and looked particularly comfortless as she operated her machine with her red fingers .