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`` You 'd be awfully cold , '' said Allen . `` You could mix in a little iodine , '' suggested Bobus . `` That stings like fun , and a coppery tinge would be more natural . '' There was great acclamation , but the difficulty was that the only time for effecting an entrance into the garden was between four and five in the morning , and it would be needful to lurk there in this light costume till Mr. Barnes went out . No one would be at liberty from school but Allen , and he declined the oil and lamp-black even though warmed up with iodine . `` Could it not be done by deputy ? '' said Bobus ; `` we might blacken the little fat boy riding on a swan , the statue , I mean . ''