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`` It gave me the ` Willies . ' Jolly lot of satisfaction I got out of it , -- I do n't think . I daresay he kissed her a good many times up there in that , -- But , Lord , what 's the sense of worrying about something that happened ten years ago ? '' At the dinner table that noon , Charlie Webster suddenly inquired : `` Well , what have YOU been up to this morning , Court ? '' Courtney started guiltily and shot a quick , inquiring look at the speaker . Satisfied that there was no veiled significance in Charlie 's question , he replied : `` Took a long ramble up the pike . The air is like wine today .