`` I must go at once . '' `` I 'm sorry we have kept you so long , '' remarked Mr. Shelmardine in a tone of concern . `` If she should be awake , what will the consequences be ? '' `` Too terrible to think of , '' I answered seriously . `` I 'm sorry , Mr. Shelmardine , but you must n't come any further . '' '' We will be here tomorrow afternoon , '' he said . `` Mr. Shelmardine ! '' I protested . `` I wish you would n't put such ideas into my head . They wo n't come out -- no , not if I read a whole volume of sermons right through . '' We looked at each other for a second . Then he began to smile , and we both went off into a peal of laughter . `` At least let me know if Miss Fiske rampages , '' he called after me as I fled . But Aunt Martha was not awake -- and I have been to the shore three afternoons since then . I was there today , and I 'm going tomorrow for a boat sail with Mr. Shelmardine and the Allardyces . But I am afraid the former will do something rash soon . This afternoon he said : `` I do n't think I can stand this much longer . '' `` Stand what ? '' I asked . `` You know very well , '' he answered recklessly .
`` Meeting you XXXXX this clandestine manner , and thereby causing that poor little conscience of yours such misery .
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