It must be more than that ! What had happened ? Had she made a fool of herself ? Ought she to have behaved in any other way ? Perhaps Spencer had come out to look for her after she had gone upstairs and , not finding her , had gone back to Miss LeMar to show her he was angry . This poor hope was a small comfort . She wished she had not acted as she had . It looked spiteful and jealous , and Spencer did not like people who were spiteful and jealous . She would show him she was sorry when he came back , and it would be all right . She lay awake most of the night , thinking out plausible reasons and excuses for Spencer 's behaviour , and trying to convince herself that she had exaggerated everything absurdly . Towards morning she fell asleep and awoke hardly remembering what had happened . Then it rolled back upon her crushingly . But she rose and dressed in better spirits . It had been hardest to lie there and do nothing . Now the day was before her and something pleasant might happen . Spencer might come back in the evening . She would be doubly nice to him to make up . Mrs. Bowes looked sharply at her niece 's dull eyes and pale cheeks at the breakfast table . She had her own thoughts of things . She was a large , handsome woman with a rather harsh face .
`` Did you go upstairs last night and leave Spencer Morgan with XXXXX LeMar ? ''
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