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`` How silly , '' ejaculated Mabel Hinton . `` But what was she doing down on the campus and what did Mrs. Murphy think of being waked up at midnight ? '' asked Judy . `` It was n't midnight . It was only a little before eleven and Anne told Mrs. Murphy she had done it for a lark . She was awfully frightened and Mrs. Murphy began by being shocked and ended by being kind-hearted . The ladder had slipped down and she could n't get up and she did n't know what to do . ''