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Ripley dared not answer the question as her heart prompted. At the same time, she could think of no means of throwing them off their track. "It might have been better had we stayed with Zitner and Burwink no, it would not have been," she corrected herself, "for they were unfriendly to Linna. But we must go."
"That was a luckier ending than I expected," remarked Ben, letting down the hammer of his rifle. "If Mr. Burwink had sided with him, there would have been no help for it," said his mother. "Such people are always cowards. I wasn't afraid of him."
It need not be said that our friends were greatly relieved by the departure of Zitner. While as I have already said, they ought to have been glad of the company of him and Burwink, they would have been ill at ease so long as the surly fellow was with them. He surely held no good will toward the little girl, and would have found some chance to show it.
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