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` Next your heart , ' I suggested . ` Then you will always be near your treasure , ' she cried , ` for you are always there ! ' We were interrupted by a sudden clearness that fell upon the night . The clouds dispersed ; the stars shone in every part of the heavens ; and , consulting my watch , I was startled to find it already hard on five in the morning . It was indeed high time I should be gone from Swanston ; but what I was to do in the meanwhile was another question . Rowley had received his orders last night : he was to say that I had met a friend , and Mrs. McRankine was not to expect me before morning . A good enough tale in itself ; but the dreadful pickle I was in made it out of the question .