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However , on Wednesday of the second week of July both she and Mrs. Jameson had their eyes opened perforce . It was a beautiful moonlight evening , and Louisa and I were sitting at the windows looking out and chatting peacefully . Little Alice had gone to bed , and we had not lit the lamp , it was so pleasant in the moonlight . Presently , about half-past eight o'clock , two figures strolled by , and we knew who they were . `` It is strange to me that Grandma Cobb does not find it out , if Mrs. Jameson is too wrapped up in her own affairs and with grafting ours into them , '' said Louisa thoughtfully . I remarked that I should not be surprised if she did know ; and it turned out afterward that it was so . Grandma Cobb had known all the time , and Harriet had gone through her room to get to the back stairs , down which she stole to meet Harry .