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But going back to bed was the one thing that she herself felt unable to do . She asked Carolyn to bring her a wrap of some kind or other , and sat down on the settle to talk it over . Cope had modestly slipped on a coat . The fire was dying -- that was the only difference between twelve o'clock and ten . `` If I had known what was going to happen , '' declared Medora volubly , `` I never could have gone to bed at all ! And to think '' -- here she left Carolyn 's end of the settle and drew nearer to Cope 's -- `` that I should ever have even thought of coming out here without a man ! '' She now rated her midnight intruder as a murderer , and believed more devoutly than ever that Cope had saved all their lives .