But you never know.

And it seemed strange his sending a man up on his own horse.

But when we had looked a bit longer our fears went down and our curiosity got up.

For we saw that the distracted one was a gentleman.
Presently he rode off, and Albert's uncle came in.

A deputation met him at the door--all the boys and Dora, because the baby was her idea.
'We've found something,' Dora said, 'and we want to know whether we may keep it.' The rest of us said nothing.