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She engaged the restaurant for the evening and spared no pains and expense to make the dinner what she termed `` a howler . '' Following on the heels of her triumph strode calamity . The mail next morning brought her a letter which lashed her into a furious rage . It was a terse summons to appear at Doctor Matthews ' office at eleven o'clock that morning . More , the four lines comprising it had been penned , not typed . Her instant surmise was that the summons had to do with the recent accident of Katherine Langly . She could think of no other reason for it , unless -- Leslie turned pale .