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"I can't at present. The police are in the house; there is a lot to be attended to. Tell your mistress, Dido, that I will see her to-morrow.","You bet he was. Had Ringdo up a tree an' was doin' his best to knock him out.",Judith's dramatic sense asserted itself, and she frowned at Patricia's frivolous interruption of the portentous silence.,"There you have it," cried Arkel, with a nod. "The wound at the back of the head was caused by his falling like a log when he was drugged.","What are the names, major?" asked Arkel, anxiously.,At this point Superintendent Stolway rang the bell for general assembly. As she drew the curtains, Mrs. Wopp reflected that she had nobly pumped from the well of truth, crystal waters for the mental refreshment of her scholars.,"I daresay," replied Maurice, coolly. "The more so, as I believe he has stolen the devil-stick.",The Australian seems particularly struck with this fact. He stares in a thoughtful fashion at the wall with the small panels, seeming blind to the other beauties of the room.,Elinor laid her hands on the table and Patricia could see that the fingers were twisted together until the knuckles showed white.,“Perhaps we ought not to have taken any money,” said Johnny.,“I can walk,” she said, struggling to be put down.,Impressed with the importance of her task of instilling wisdom into the minds of her young listeners, Mrs. Wopp ignored this remark and continued the narrative into which she had already launched..