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`` Girls , girls , come in ; your father wants to lock up , '' called Mrs. Tristram at that moment . The girls all entered the house , lit their candles , and went upstairs to their rooms . As Maggie was wishing her two dear friends good-night she said quietly , `` I hope you wo n't mind ; but Merry Cardew -- or , as I ought to call her , Miss Cardew -- has asked me to go over to the Manor to-morrow morning in order to show me the old house . I said I 'd be there at ten o'clock , and could then get back to you in time for lunch . I do trust you do n't mind . '' `` Of course we do n't , '' said Molly in a hearty tone . `` Now , good-night , Mags . ''