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...Below him in the court he saw groups of people sitting in armchairs. They wore that very sad look of people who have nothing to do before they dress for dinner. Orvil hurried past them to the front door, turning his eyes away. He could not look straight at their gloom and boredom. Even the first sharp glimpse of it had been enough to cast some thick melancholy over him.

...Below him in the court he saw groups of people sitting in armchairs. They wore that very sad look of people who have nothing to do before they dress for dinner. Orvil hurried past them to the front door, turning his eyes away. He could not look straight at their gloom and boredom. Even the first sharp glimpse of it had been enough to cast some thick melancholy over him.