Maxim rang up the next morning to say he would be back about seven. Frith took the message. Maxim did not ask to speak to me himself. I heard the telephone ring while I was at breakfast and I thought perhaps Frith would come into the dining-room and say "Mr de Winter on the telephone, Madam." I had put down my napkin and had risen to my feet. And then Frith came back into the dining-room and gave me the message.

He saw me push back my chair and go to the door. "Mr de Winter has rung off, Madam," he said, "there was no message. Just that he would be back about seven."

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