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I told him that I would come , and I expected two or three more ; and we would meet him at the top of the hill , at four o'clock tomorrow morning . It will be getting light by that time . Of course , we shall get out in the usual way , and we can be back by half past six , and no one will be any the wiser . Old Thomas never comes down till a quarter to seven . I have heard him a dozen times . He just comes down in time to ring the bell for us to get up . '' `` Oh , I ai n't afraid of Thomas , '' one of the others said , `` but I am afraid of Purfleet . ''