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EVELYN AND ROSEMARY CLIMBED HAND IN HAND, WHILE HUGH CARRIED
TWO HUGE BASKETS _Frontispiece_

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HE TOOK OFF HALF, AND WAS LEAVING THE REST TO RUN, WHEN A
VOICE CLOSE TO HIS SHOULDER, SAID, "OH, DO TAKE IT ALL OFF" 12

WITH A CRASH OF MACHINERY HE BROUGHT THE BIG BLUE CAR TO
A STOP 70

HE CRUSHED THEM IN HIS, THEN BENT HIS HEAD AND KISSED THEM 102

THEY CAME NEARER, NEAR ENOUGH FOR MADEMOISELLE TO RECOGNISE
THE MAN WITH THEM 124

THEIR FLUFFY LACES BURNT AND BLACKENED. CHIFFON FICHUS TORN
IN RIBBONS STREWED THE CARPET 138