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the girl answered , vaguely . `` Did you try to see him ? '' She did not wait for an answer , but went on , nervously : `` They would n't let me see him . I have been here since noon . I thought maybe he might get out before that , and I 'd be too late . You are sure that is the gate , are you ? Some of them told me there was another , and I was afraid I 'd miss him .