"I thought he would, Sal. Pharaoh's rising as a spirit. Get straight to what he said."
"He said, said Pharer, 'the Duchess has been playing truant.'"
"Wide-awake old king! Go on, Sal."
"But 'taint her fault, said Pharer; she's been seducted away."
"She's been what?"
"Seducted away. Now, said Pharer, you'll miss her agin soon."
"When?"
"Pharer didn't say. You'll miss her agin soon, he said. There's somebody as is fond on her, and as hates you and Daddy Dumbrick, and everybody but the Duchess. So look out."
"We will. That wasn't all, Sal."
"No. Said Pharer, the next time you miss her, tell Daddy Dumbrick to go to No. 8, Lemon Street, to the top of the house on the third floor, and there he'll find her."