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`` Ruth 's spirits have revived and her retirement has ended , '' Lee remarked , with sarcasm . `` Well , do n't say anything about this now to either of them . '' `` Oh , I 'll be long asleep when they return , and I 'll not speak of it to Ruth in the morning . She 'll not rise before noon , I suspect , as it will be one or two o'clock before they 're home . Or she may stay with one of the girls she 's chummy with and come up with him to-morrow . Probably that . '' Lee made ready to go .