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But I 'm afraid it will come to me too late to use as I had intended , '' the man went on , with a sigh . `` Why ? '' asked Betty . `` Because the option on the business I was going to buy expires at midnight to-night , and as you say the five hundred dollars is in Deepdale , I do n't see how I am going to get it in time to be of any service . '' `` Is n't that too bad ! '' cried Amy . `` And we might have brought it with us , '' said Mollie .