" Not if you want her to act in your play," replied Father Brown. "If you do that, she’ll raise the roof and refuse to stay in the place; if you leave her alone she’ll probably come out from mere curiosity. If I were you, I should just leave somebody to guard the door, more or less, and trust to time for an hour or two." "In that case," said Mandeville, "

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