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`` Oh , I did nothing . I came away ! '' said Bridgie , as simply as if that were not just the most difficult thing she could have done under the circumstances . `` The next morning he went out shooting , and the post came in at ten o'clock with a letter from father saying that Pat had fallen from the barn and twisted his ankle . It was very few weeks he did not fall from the barn , as a matter of fact , but it was an excuse , so I said I must go home and nurse him , and they drove me to the station that very afternoon before the men came home . '' Mademoiselle drew in her breath , in a gasp of amazement . She looked at Bridgie , and her eyes flashed with eloquent comment .