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I asked . `` I do not know it , '' he replied . `` Oros told me so , that is all , and therefore the Hesea bade my lords bring their guard , for she is alone . '' `` Is she mad , '' ejaculated Leo , `` to wander about in such a place at midnight ? Well , it is like her . '' I too thought it was like her , who did nothing that others would have done , and yet I hesitated . Then I remembered that Ayesha had said she might send for us ; also I was sure that if any trick had been intended we should not have been warned to bring an escort .