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`` I did n't know , '' she added ruefully , her foot on the accelerator as they sped up a steep hill , `` when I bought it , that it would come in so handy . How much further do you suppose we have to go ? '' she asked , changing the subject abruptly . `` Why , '' said Grace , looking at her wrist watch and realizing suddenly that she was getting rather hungry , `` we have been riding since ten o'clock and it is now after noon . We must be very nearly there by this time . Goodness , I hope there will be something to eat around Wild Rose Lodge . I 'm getting famished . ''