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`` They 'll come . Watch 'em . '' Then he hesitated , worriedly . `` I 'll have to incubate an idea between now and noon , somehow . But do n't forget this , Bud -- we 're worried about them , true enough , but they 're worried a heap more about us . '' Senator Langdon stepped into an adjoining room , where he could be alone , to `` incubate . '' As Haines resumed his work Carolina Langdon entered .