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"Did Etwald notice it?" asked Jen, thoughtfully.,"Because I may fail," said Maurice. "Here, Uncle Jen, don't be cross; I'll tell you all about it to-morrow, and then you will see and approve of my silence to-night.",Doris shrank back with a low, horrified cry.,"Don't keep me hanging on here in the dark too long," protested Patricia. "I'm worn to a bone already.","It was a blind, sir; and when she left the room I don't believe she left the house.","What!" cried Jen, jumping up, "did Dido accuse your mother of the crime?","You'd better go to sleep," said Patricia, smoothing the white brow with deft fingers. "I'll keep everything quiet, so that you can sleep it off as you used to be able to. I hope you'll be all right in the morning.","Well, of all things!" exclaimed Patricia indignantly. "We're locked out!",Dinner was long over, Judith's lessons done and bed-time come, when at last Patricia hurried down to the long parlor where Doris sat in the dim light.,"Does my face remind you of anyone?" he demanded rather sharply.,"He is all right for the time being. I have detailed a housemaid as nurse, and she knows what to do. I'll come back again in the morning and see if he has recovered his senses.","People don't have afterthoughts in grim matters of this kind," said Arkel, rising. "Well, major, good-by, good-by. Should I learn anything else I shall let you know; but depend upon it, the truth of the matter is to come from Jaggard.".