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`` We were only playing Jacobites and Roundheads , '' said Joan . `` It makes it more real . '' `` And it was n't in the middle of the night , '' added Nancy . `` It was four o'clock , and quite light . '' `` Why , you might have killed yourselves ! '' exclaimed Cicely . '' _ Exactly _ what I said the very words , '' corroborated the old starling .