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- Character conflict: Miss Ivors is a fervent Irish nationalist who previously criticized Gabriel’s disregard for native Irish culture; her abrupt early departure implies lingering disagreement and hidden awkwardness between them. - Plot function: Her leaving separates her from the subsequent supper and late-night scene where Gretta reveals her lost love, removing the nationalist viewpoint from the novel’s core emotional turning point. - Atmosphere: Warm hospitable persuasion vs cold polite refusal builds subtle underlying tension under the party’s cheerful surface.

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