`` Oh , she 's in the lane now , '' she gasped . `` He ca n't get out of the house without her seeing him . Oh , Rosanna , what shall we do ? '' I really do n't know what would have become of those two people if I had n't been in existence to find ideas for them . `` Take Stephen up to the garret and hide him there , Prissy , '' I said firmly , `` and take him quick . '' Prissy took him quick , but she had barely time to get back to the kitchen before Emmeline marched in -- mad as a wet hen because somebody had been ahead of her offering to sit up with Jane Lawson , and so she lost the chance of poking and prying into things while Jane was asleep . The minute she clapped eyes on Prissy she suspected something . It was n't any wonder , for there was Prissy , all dressed up , with flushed cheeks and shining eyes . She was all in a quiver of excitement , and looked ten years younger . `` Priscilla Strong , you 've been expecting Stephen Clark here this evening ! '' burst out Emmeline . `` You wicked , deceitful , underhanded , ungrateful creature ! '' And she went on storming at Prissy , who began to cry , and looked so weak and babyish that I was frightened she would betray the whole thing . `` This is between you and Prissy , Emmeline , '' I struck in , `` and I 'm not going to interfere . But I want to get you to come over and show me how to tuft my comfort that new pattern you learned in Avonlea , and as it had better be done before dark I wish you 'd come right away . '' `` I s ` pose I 'll go , '' said Emmeline ungraciously , `` but Priscilla shall come , too , for I see that she is n't to be trusted out of my sight after this . '' I hoped Stephen would see us from the garret window and make good his escape . But I did n't dare trust to chance , so when I got Emmeline safely to work on my comfort I excused myself and slipped out . Luckily my kitchen was on the off side of the house , but I was a nervous woman as I rushed across to the Strong place and dashed up Emmeline 's garret stairs to Stephen . It was fortunate I had come , for he did n't know we had gone .
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