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`` Then what do you want me to help you for , missie ? '' `` Because , '' said Sibyl , holding out her little hand , `` I am very weak and you are very strong , and you will keep me up to it . Please do come with me straight back to the school ! '' `` Well , there 's a time for all things , '' said the farmer ; `` and I 'm willing to give up my arternoon 's work , but I 'm by no means willing to give up my midday meal , for we farmers do n't work for nothing -- as doubtless you know , missie . So , if you 'll come along o ' me and eat a morsel , we 'll set off afterwards , sure and direct , to Haddo Court ; and I 'll keep you up to the mark if you 're likely to fail . '' Sylvia and Hetty had awakened when the farmer brought Sibyl Ray into the pleasant farmhouse kitchen . The twin-boys were absent at school , and only the little twins came down to dinner .