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It was some time later, their visitors having all retired, after more or less affectionate partings, that Henry came to his grandfather in the outer room. The old man was waiting eagerly; as the door shut behind his grandson he broke out, "Did you hear? Did she mean it?"
Henry came across and sat down. "She must have meant it," he said; "there's no conceivable way by which she could have known what we need. Besides, unless she was playing with us--but she wouldn't, she's not that kind. So if she saw--". He got up again and walked in extreme excitement about the room. "It can't be--but why not? If we've found the last secret of the images! If time's at last brought sight along with the cards!"