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said Nora to him . `` The heroes of life are so much better than the heroes of romance , '' said Caroline . `` That is a lesson from the lips of the American Browning , '' said Mr. Glascock . `` Nevertheless , I think I would rather ride a charge against a Paynim knight in Palestine than get up at half-past four in the morning . '' `` We will get up too , and give the knight his coffee , '' said Nora . They did get up , and saw him off ; and when Mr. Glascock and Caroline parted with a lover 's embrace , Nora stood by as a sister might have done . Let us hope that she remembered that her own time was coming .