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`` Oh , David , David , you curious boy ! '' `` No , but really ! Let me tell you , '' pleaded David . `` You know I have n't liked them , -- all those hours till four o'clock came , -- and I was so glad , after I saw the sundial , to find out that they did n't count , anyhow . But to-day they HAVE counted -- they 've all counted , Lady of the Roses ; and it 's just because there was something inside of me that shone and shone , and made them all sunny -- those hours . '' `` Dear me ! And what was this wonderful thing ? ''