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"But what is it?" asks Miss Mansergh from behind Lady Rodney's chair, just a little impatiently.,"Yes; but I did not know that until later on. When my mother disappeared Dido re-entered the house. At once--terrified by my mother's action--I ran down the little path which leads to the gate and followed her out onto the road. She went into your grounds by the postern in the wall. I saw her cross the lawn, and enter the smoking-room, wherein a lamp was burning. When she came out it was with the devil-stick in her hand. I recognized it by the golden handle. I reached home before she did, and again hid on the veranda. Dido reappeared as my mother came up the walk, and took the devil-stick from her. Then she led her indoors.","This is nicer than anything," she says, turning in a state of childish enthusiasm to Lady Lilias. "It is just like the floor in my uncle's house at home.","Oh, yes, thank you," says Mona, who is both surprised and carried away by the other's unexpected eloquence.,CHAPTER XVI THE ESCAPE,"There will be no need for him to do that," replied David, coldly. "I shall never marry Isabella.",“He breathes so queerly,” said Johnny Blossom.,“Has Uncle Isaac trouble with his heart?” asked Johnny, thinking he would tell about the kerosene cure.,"Did he?" says Mona. "Geoffrey gave me these pearls," pointing to a pretty string round her own white neck, "a month after we were married. It seems quite a long time ago now," with a sigh and a little smile. "But your opals are perfect. Just like the moonlight. By the by," as if it has suddenly occurred to her, "did you ever see the lake by moonlight? I mean from the mullioned window in the north gallery?","I wish to find the Sun's home," said Scarface. "I wish to speak with him.",This sounded like good advice to Bob.,"Is that a compliment?" she says, wistfully. "Is it well to be unlike all the world? Yet what you say is true, no doubt. I suppose I am different from—from all the other people you know.".