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We will arrange , up there in secret , what it is we are to do to help our world and yours . '' This , in effect , was our immediate plan of procedure . Nearly all the next day Mercer and I stayed about the house , while the three women went through the city quietly , calling forth all those they could reach to our conclave in the mountains . They returned some time after midday . Miela came first , alighting with a swift , triumphant swoop upon the roof where Mercer and I were sitting . One glance at her face told me she had been successful . `` They will come , my husband , '' she announced .