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"Yes," said I. "I was expecting Dick and Clara to make their appearance any moment; but is there time to ask just one or two questions before they come? "
"Try it, dear neighbour -- try it," said old Hammond. "For the more you ask me the better I am pleased; and at any rate if they do come and find me in the middle of an answer, they must sit quiet and pretend to listen till I come to an end. It won't hurt them; they will find it quite amusing enough to sit side by side, conscious of their proximity to each other. "