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Where shall I begin ? '' `` Where we left off , '' said Esther . `` We left Mr. Wharton in the church at eleven o'clock , and the woman marching up and down outside . '' `` At noon I found her there , and knew her at once , though it is ten years since I last saw her . She is a person whom one does not forget . I asked her what she wanted . It seemed that Wharton , in his confusion , had told her to come to his studio without saying where it was ; and she was waiting for him to come out again .