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`` Nothing father ; but were the owners of the castle there at the time ? '' `` No ; for the steward , when I applied to him for an opportunity to return thanks for the kind hospitality we had experienced , informed me that the person to whom the house belonged was resident at Paris . '' `` What a singular coincidence , '' thought Agricola , `` if the young lady should be the proprietor of the dwelling which bears her name ! '' This reflection having recalled to Agricola the promise which he had made to Mother Bunch , he said to Dagobert ; `` Dear father , excuse me ; but it is already late , and I ought to be in the workshop by eight o'clock . '' `` That is too true , my boy . Let us go . This party is adjourned till my return from Chartres .