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On hearing the crunch of the wagonette in the drive, and the swishing of the wet rhododendrons, they glanced at each other reassuringly, taking heart at the thought of the bright fire in his bedroom, the carefully chosen supper that awaited him. But when he stood there before them and they looked at his red twitching face, they were abashed before the austerity of a grief so differently sustained from their own.