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He has been gone over an hour ; it surely can not take him that time to go to Watson 's . '' `` It is a great distance , mother , '' said Esther Ellis , who was busily plying her needle ; `` and I do n't think he has been quite so long as you suppose . '' `` Yes ; he has been gone a good hour , '' repeated Mrs. Ellis . `` It is now six o'clock , and it wanted three minutes to five when he left . I do hope he wo n't forget that I told him half black and half green -- he is so forgetful ! '' And Mrs. Ellis rubbed her spectacles and looked peevishly out of the window as she concluded . -- `` Where can he be ? ''