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Before we left , we received minute directions as to the whereabouts of the next nearest office . We spent the greater part of the night in driving from one printing-office to another . Mr. Blackstone declared he would not leave us until we had found her . `` You have to preach twice to-morrow , '' said Percivale : it was then three o'clock . `` I shall preach all the better , '' he returned . `` Yes : I feel as if I should give them _ one _ good sermon to-morrow . '' `` The man talks as if the child were found already ! ''