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Her little mind was so full of the subject that it was long before nurse could get her to sleep that night . Her last words before she dropped off were , -- `` I wonder who will do the music and dancing ! '' The next morning , the instant her breakfast was over , Milly obtained nurse 's permission to go down to the keeper 's cottage under charge of Sarah , the nursery maid . She was away the whole morning , and about one o'clock a message came from Mrs. Maxwell to ask if she might stay to dinner with them . So that it was not till nearly four in the afternoon that she was brought up to the house , and then , flushed and excited , she poured into her nurse 's ear a long account of all that she had been hearing and doing . `` Now , come , my dear , you must n't talk forever , '' was nurse 's remonstrance at last ; `` Sir Edward told me I could send you to him for a little when you came in , and I must make you tidy first . '' It was quite dusk when Milly entered the library , but the bright firelight showed her the figure of her uncle leaning back in his easy chair , and indulging in a reverie .