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The poor child was terrified at her own rashness , and very much relieved to find she had been kept from being as foolish as she had intended . I got in beside her , and let her have her cry out in comfort . After that we ate some sandwiches and took heart . It was weird work , in the dead of night and along the lonely roads ; but we pushed on , and crept into Philadelphia between one and two in the morning . '' `` That was a very brave , act , Mademoiselle . '' Bienville 's eyes glistened and his face lighted up with an ardor that was not dampened by the casual , almost listless , air with which she told her story . `` It might have been better if I had let the whole thing alone . ''