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Though why the devil we are obliged to have a reason for going off by ourselves I don't know, Ramses muttered. She leaned back against his shoulder and raised a face rosy with heat and smeared with dust. If I had not known better, I would have thought she was afraid of me. I shall not often meddle with politics, because we have a political Editor who is already excellent and only needs to serve a term or two in the penitentiary to be perfect.