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`` Armand ! '' she said , fearfully . `` She has told me all . _ Mon Dieu _ , how have you two managed this , between midnight and morning ? My son , you are a De Rancé : look me in the eyes and tell me there is nothing wrong , that there will be no ill consequences -- '' `` There wo n't be any comebacks , '' said John Flint , with engaging confidence . `` As for you , Mary Virginia , you do n't have to worry for one minute about what those fellows can do -- because they ca n't do anything . They 're double-crossed .