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`` Him ? Goodness knows when he 'll be in . And it 's not likely that y' r father 'll have him interferin ' with him . They 're sendin ' at ten past eleven , and it 's five past now . '' Thus and thus only did she suggest the necessity for immediate action . Also her fear lest Mercier should find Mr. Ransome out . As if Mercier had not found him out long ago ; as if he had n't warned Ranny , time and again , of what might happen .