‘You needn’t press your point, Mr Stevens. I will, as you suggest, check the work of the new maids.’ ‘It is not like you to have overlooked such obvious things, Miss Kenton.’ Miss Kenton looked away from me, and again an expression crossed her face as though she was trying to puzzle out something that had quite confused her. She did not look upset so much as very weary. Then she closed the sideboard, said: ‘Please excuse me, Mr Stevens,’ and left the room.
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