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Even we do n't quite know ; but we will tomorrow . Just fancy Aunt Juliet 's face when we march them up here in the afternoon , tied hand and foot with the anchor rope , and hand them over to the War Office . We shall be publicly thanked , of course , besides your knighthood , and our names will be in all the papers . Then if Aunt Juliet dares to tell me ever again to go to bed at half past nine I shall simply grin like a dog and run about through the city . She wo n't like that . You 're quite , sure , Cousin Frank , that it really is the War Office man who 's coming ? '' `` Uncle Lucius told me it was Lord Torrington , and I know he 's the head of the War Office because my father 's the under-secretary . ''