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Becky, who had heard it also, managed to creep up stairs earlier than usual.
Loud as it was, it was not sufficient to rouse the two tired wayfarers above them.
She had also a quaint sense of being a hostess in the attic.
Gregson," he said, "I have just made a discovery of the highest importance, and one which would have been overlooked had I not made a careful examination of the walls."