text: I do wish I knew what it was all about . " I thought of Mrs. Raikes 's gipsy face , and Evelyn Howard 's warnings , but wisely decided to hold my peace , whilst Cynthia exhausted every possible hypothesis , and cheerfully hoped , " Aunt Emily will send him away , and will never speak to him again . " I was anxious to get hold of John , but he was nowhere to be seen .
  
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  I didn 't want to talk to John ever again