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`` Indeed we must , sir ; and many thanks to you for wanting to keep us longer , '' said Mrs. Peckover . `` What I was going to say is n't much ; it 's quite as well you should n't hear it -- and indeed , indeed , ma'am , we must go directly . I told this gentleman here , Mr. Blyth , when I come in , that I 'd stolen to you unawares , under pretense of taking little Mary out for a walk . If we are not back to the two o'clock dinner in the circus , it 's unknown what Jubber may not do . This gentleman will tell you how infamously he treated the poor child last night -- we must go , sir , for her sake ; or else -- '' `` Stop ! '' cried Valentine , all his suppressed excitability bursting bounds in an instant , as he took Mrs. Peckover by the arm , and pressed her back into her chair . `` Stop !