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"Whom did I startle?" asked Jan.
"You startled Lucy."
"Nonsense! Did I, Miss Lucy?"
"Yes, you did a little, Jan," she replied.
"What a stupid you must be!" retorted gallant Jan. "I should say you
want doctoring, if your nerves are in that state. You take--"
"Oh, Jan, that will do," laughed Lucy. "I am sure I don't want medicine.
You know how I dislike it."
They were standing together within the large window, Jan and Lionel,
Lucy sitting close to them. She sat with her head a little bent,
scenting her verbena.
"The truth is, Jan, I and Lucy have been watching some intruder who had
taken up his station on the lawn, underneath the yew-tree," whispered
Lionel. "I suppose Lucy thought he was bursting in upon us."
"Yes, I did really think he was," said Lucy, looking up with a smile.
"Who was it?" asked Jan.
"He did not give us the opportunity of ascertaining," replied Lionel. "I
am not quite sure, mind, that I did see him; but Lucy is positive upon
the point. I went to the tree, but he had disappeared. It is rather
strange why he should be watching.


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