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`` Certainly not , my dear ! We are going , by and by , to look for her . The countess very likely has not yet learned of your disappearance ; and if she does know that you did not return home last night , she believes you safe with the marquis . She will think you were not allowed to return home in the storm , and will not expect to see you before noon . '' `` You are very clever , monsieur . I should never have thought of that ! I imagined that mama would be vexed , and when mama is cross she is _ so _ disagreeable .