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`` Very well . I must get some sleep if I can before eleven . '' Then a thought came to me . If Rumbald must be gone from town by noon , would he not likely want me to go with him ? `` Wait , '' I said . `` I do not know this man very well ; but I will tell you that his name is Rumbald and that he lives at the Rye , near Hoddesdon . You had best not come with me .