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She smiled weakly at them, seized an earthen ware jug, and drained it in one gulp. The color began to return to her face. SHE SMILED WEAKLY AT THEM SEIZED AN EARTHENWARE JUG AND DRAINED IT IN ONE GULP THE COLOR BEGAN TO RETURN TO HER FACE
sly tossed them into the air. The Banshee's eyes flew wide open, and she twirled herself around like a top. "Och, the sweet music of its tinkling!" she exclaimed. "The lovely sheen of light upon it! _There's_ a sight for eyes used to naught but silver! Ah, but dearies, I've no Wail worth four pieces of gold. I'll have to make one up special." She hobbled rapidly around the chamber until she had found a box as large as a bird cage, and an ear trumpet. She opened the box, shook it to make sure it was empty, and put in two heads of cabbage. ("Such monstrous appetites these Wails do have!" she explained.) She fastened the lid carefully with a catch-lock, and inserted the ear trumpet in a hole in one side of the box. Then she disappeared through a sound-proof door, which they had not seen before on account of the smoke. Fifteen minutes later the Banshee came out with the box, plugging up the hole in its side with a bit of wax. She was pale and trembling, and beads of sweat covered her face. R PIECES OF GOLD FROM DAVID AND CARELESSLY TOSSED THEM INTO THE AIR THE BANSHEE'S EYES FLEW WIDE OPEN AND SHE TWIRLED HERSELF AROUND LIKE A TOP ACH THE SWEET MUSIC OF ITS TINKLING SHE EXCLAIMED THE LOVELY SHEEN OF LIGHT UPON IT THERE'S A SIGHT FOR EYES USED TO NOUGHT BUT SILVER AH BUT DEARIES I'VE NO WHALE WORTH FOUR PIECES OF GOLD I'LL HAVE TO MAKE ONE UP SPECIAL SHE HOBBLED RAPIDLY AROUND THE CHAMBER UNTIL SHE FOUND A BOX AS LARGE AS A BIRD CAGE AND AN EAR TRUMPET SHE OPENED THE BOX SHOOK IT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS EMPTY AND PUT IN TWO HEADS OF CABBAGE SUCH MONSTROUS APPETITES THESE WHALES DO HAVE SHE EXPLAINED SHE FASTENED THE LID CAREFULLY WITH A CATCH LOCK AND INSERTED THE EAR TRUMPET IN A HOLE IN ONE SIDE OF THE BOX THEN SHE DISAPPEARED THROUGH A SOUND PROOF DOOR WHICH THEY HAD NOT SEEN BEFORE ON ACCOUNT OF THE SMOKE FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER THE BANSHEE CAME OUT WITH THE BOX PLUGGING UP THE HOLE IN ITS SIDE WITH A BIT OF WAX SHE WAS PALE AND TREMBLING AND BEADS OF SWEAT COVERED HER FACE
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