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Marie can come with me , can she not ? '' `` Of course , '' answered Madame Dubreuil , `` if she pleases . '' Then added , smilingly , `` I wonder whether you two girls could do one without the other ! '' `` And now , '' said Madame Georges , seating herself before a table , `` I will at once begin my part of the business , that no time may be lost ; for we must positively return to Bouqueval at four o'clock . '' `` Dear me ! '' exclaimed Madame Dubreuil ; `` how early ! Why , what makes you in such a hurry ? ''