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`` I ca n't wait , '' she said regretfully . `` I do n't want to go ; but -- it 's Billy , you see . '' Archie liked her loyalty . `` No matter ; they can wait till noon . Farewell , my niece , and mind your teacher . '' `` I will , Uncle Archie . '' Two months before this time , soon after Billy had begun to rally from the mysterious strain to his back , Mrs. Farrington had appeared in the doctor 's office , one evening .