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`` I believe they think as ` ow we locked 'em in for the purpose , '' laughed the woman , and then she explained to them what had happened , how they always kept this caravan locked , for they did not use it for sleeping or living in , but filled it with baskets and tins , which they sold as they travelled through the villages . She told the twins , too , that three policemen were out searching for them everywhere , and had come to make inquiries of her husband , and of the man who sold the tickets , but they could tell them nothing . And in their turn the twins had to explain how it was that they had found their way into the caravan . -LSB- Sidenote : An Early Breakfast -RSB- It was just three o'clock now , and the men were all at work , for by four o'clock they must be on the way to the next town , where they were `` billed '' to give a performance that very afternoon . `` And now , '' said the woman , `` you must ` ave a bite of breakfast , and then Bill shall tike you ` ome . What 'll your ma and pa say when they see you ? they 'll be mighty pleased , I guess . ''