`` You 've been so deep in that wretched book that he 's got out , and dear knows where he is , '' cried Felicity distractedly . `` I was n't , '' cried Dan . `` He MUST be in the house . I 've been sitting right across the door ever since you left , and he could n't have got out unless he crawled right over me . He must be in the house . '' `` He is n't in the kitchen , '' said Felicity rushing about wildly , `` and he could n't get into the other part of the house , for I shut the hall door tight , and no baby could open it -- and it 's shut tight yet . So are all the windows . He MUST have gone out of that door , Dan King , and it 's your fault . '' `` He DID N'T go out of this door , '' reiterated Dan stubbornly . `` I know that . '' `` Well , where is he , then ? He is n't here . Did he melt into air ? '' demanded Felicity . `` Oh , come and look for him , all of you . Do n't stand round like ninnies . We MUST find him before his mother gets here . Dan King , you 're an idiot ! '' Dan was too frightened to resent this , at the time . However and wherever Jimmy had gone , he WAS gone , so much was certain .
We tore about the house and yard XXXXX maniacs ; we looked into every likely and unlikely place .
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