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`` Very well , '' smiling agreeably , `` that 's my home . Turn in at the carriage-drive , and follow it until you see an opening in the hedge ; go through , and keep to the little foot-path ; it will bring you here , for it 's my own private way . '' `` Thank you , '' said Sara , `` I will be very glad to use it , '' and seated herself at her desk in the business-like way she was acquiring , much to the professor 's secret amusement . That noon , as he sat opposite his wife at table , he said , -- `` Marian , I want you to look out of the window about a quarter past one , and you will see a _ rara avis _ . '' `` Goodness ! Henry , you 're not having any of those horrid dinornis things brought to the house , are you ? '' He laughed .