You know perfectly well what Liz Paxton 's reputation is . If she finds that necklace I 'll never see it again . Besides , if I wait till the morning , Aunt Janet may find out that I left it there and she 'd never let me wear it again . No , I 'm going for it now . If you 're afraid , '' added the Story Girl with delicate scorn , `` of course you need n't come . '' Afraid ! I 'd show her ! `` Come on , '' I said . We slipped out of the house noiselessly and found ourselves in the unutterable solemnity and strangeness of a dark night . It was a new experience , and our hearts thrilled and our nerves tingled to the charm of it . Never had we been abroad before at such an hour . The world around us was not the world of daylight . 'T was an alien place , full of weird , evasive enchantment and magicry . Only in the country can one become truly acquainted with the night . There it has the solemn calm of the infinite . The dim wide fields lie in silence , wrapped in the holy mystery of darkness . A wind , loosened from wild places far away , steals out to blow over dewy , star-lit , immemorial hills . The air in the pastures is sweet with the hush of dreams , and one may rest here like a child on its mother 's breast . `` Is n't it wonderful ? '' breathed the Story Girl as we went down the long hill .
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