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She replied that she could not sleep well because it was so dreadfully quiet ; if it had not been for the noise of the `` buses '' a long way off , and those folks that came home late and creaked their door , she would not have been able to go to sleep at all . `` My ears was all stretched like , '' said Juliet , `` and wanted something to work on . '' When they told how the distant _ buses _ was the roar of the weir , and the late-comers a party of gentlemen managing the lock for themselves , she tried to appear as if she quite understood , but she did not succeed . `` Some of them stay out late and let themselves through at 2 A.M. , and some of them get up early and let themselves through at 3 A.M. , but it is none of my business to get out of bed for pleasure-boats . '' Thus said Mr. Rowles . `` Who are _ they _ ? '' asked Juliet .