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said the Colonel . ` Not a bit , sir , ' answered Julia ; ` your friend Mr. Pleydell threatens to become a pupil of Mr. Sampson 's to-morrow , so we must make the most of our conquest to-night . ' This led to another musical trial of skill , and that to lively conversation . At length , when the solitary sound of one o'clock had long since resounded on the ebon ear of night , and the next signal of the advance of time was close approaching , Mannering , whose impatience had long subsided into disappointment and despair , looked at his watch and said , ` We must now give them up , ' when at that instant -- But what then befell will require a separate chapter . JUSTICE This does indeed confirm each circumstance The gipsy told ! No orphan , nor without a friend art thou . _ I _ am thy father , HERE 'S thy mother , THERE Thy uncle , THIS thy first cousin , and THESE Are all thy near relations !