After dinner Mrs. Van Hopper likes to have tea in the reception hall. Her main goal is to meet as many of the noteworthy people she can. She does this my mentioning a relation she has in common with her target. Tonight, she has her sight set on meeting Mr. de Winter. She has the author retrieve a photo of someone that Mr. de Winter knows.
The author does as she is told but takes a little too long at her task and when she returns she finds Mrs. Van Hopper already in conversation with Mr. de Winter. Mrs. Van Hopper is rude to the author and makes a comment to Mr. de Winter letting him know that he does not have to stand up when the younger woman is in his presence. Mr......
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