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If we are to have an unmolested fortnight certain , you shall hear , and name your own day . '' ` Then he asked me who had accompanied me , and lamented ever so much his not being able to go down to receive them ; and he offered luncheon , with a sort of Ravenswood smile , and a shrug , and I declined , telling him that we had but a few minutes , and that my companions were walking in the grounds near the house . ` I asked whether Maud was likely to return soon ? ' `` Certainly not before five o'clock . '' He thought we should probably meet her on our way back to Elverston ; but could not be certain , as she might have changed her plans . ` So then came -- no more remaining to be said -- a very affectionate parting . I believe all about his legal dangers was strictly true .