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`` I do n't think anything but -- well , they had three wagons -- you know the kind -- and in the bottom of the last one , I could see somebody lying stretched out and all covered over with a blanket . I thought most likely one of the men had been drinking and was just sleeping it off . But , of course -- '' Jerry paused , overwhelmed at the sight of the horror depicted on the faces of his auditors . Vainly he racked his brain for a less harassing explanation of the fact that Aunt Abigail had disappeared some time during the forenoon , and at five o'clock was still missing . Peggy , her lips very white , attempted to reassure herself and the others , by attacking the theory he had suggested . `` But , Jerry , what would gypsies want with an old lady like Aunt Abigail ? I thought they only stole babies . ''