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`` I had rather , '' she said , `` tell you about it before you see the Professors , for if you see them the whole thing will be reopened , and you are sure to let them see how much more there is in it than they suspect . I want everything hushed up for the moment ; do not , therefore , join us . Have dinner sent to you in your father 's study . I will come to you about midnight . '' `` But , my dear mother , '' said George , `` I have seen Panky already . I walked down with him a good long way this afternoon . '' Yram had not expected this , but she kept her countenance .