Mother," said Ramona urgently. This time she stepped into the hall. "Unless we get a ladder {Go back to your room, Ramona} and break the window so we can unlock it," Mother continued, speaking with one sentence inside another, the way grown-ups so often did with Ramona around. "But Mother," insisted Ramona even more urgently. "I have to-" "Oh, dear, I might have known," sighed Mother.
( Beverly Cleary )
[ Beezus and Ramona ]
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