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"Let me look pleathe." "There's a di ack lum plaster on, but it's all raw under," Georgie answered, complying. "Dothent it hurt?"—her grey eyes were full of pity and interest. "Awf'ly. Perhaps it will give me lockjaw." LET ME LOOK LEAVE THERE'S A DIAK EM PLASTER ON BUT IT'S ALL RAW UNDER GEORGIE ANSWERED COMPLYING DOTHENT IT HURT HER GREY EYES WERE FULL OF PITY AND INTEREST AWFULLY PERHAPS IT WILL GIVE ME LOCKJAW
Georgie had never heard a man sing before) told of his sorrows unspeakable. Some grown-up or other tried to explain that the illusion was made with mirrors, and that there was no need to be frightened. Georgie did not know what illusions were, but he did know that a mirror was the looking-glass with the ivory handle on his mother’s dressing-table. Therefore the “grown-up” was “just saying things” after the distressing custom of “grown-ups,” and Georgie cast about for amusement between scenes. Next to him sat a little girl dressed all in black, her hair combed off her forehead exactly like the girl in the book called “Alice in Wonderland,” which had been given him on his last birthday. The little girl looked at Georgie, and Georgie looked at her. There seemed to be no need of any further introduction. “I’ve got a cut on my thumb,” said he. It was the first work of his first real knife, a savage triangular hack, and he esteemed it a most valuable possession. “I’m tho thorry!” she lisped. LONG GOWN AND IN A DEEP BASS VOICE GEORGIE HAD NEVER HEARD A MAN SING BEFORE TOLD OF HIS SORROWS UNSPEAKABLE SOME GROWN UP OR OTHER TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT THE ILLUSION WAS MADE WITH MIRRORS AND THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO BE FRIGHTENED GEORGIE DID NOT KNOW WHAT ILLUSIONS WERE BUT HE DID KNOW THAT A MIRROR WAS THE LOOKING GLASS WITH THE IVORY HANDLE ON HIS MOTHER'S DRESSING TABLE THEREFORE THE GROWN UP WAS JUST SAYING THINGS AFTER THE DISTRESSING CUSTOM OF GROWN UPS AND GEORGIE CAST ABOUT FOR AMUSEMENT BETWEEN SCENES NEXT TO HIM SAT A LITTLE GIRL DRESSED ALL IN BLACK HER HAIR COMBED OFF HER FOREHEAD EXACTLY LIKE THE GIRL IN THE BOOK CALLED ALICE IN WONDERLAND WHICH HAD BEEN GIVEN HIM ON HIS LAST BIRTHDAY THE LITTLE GIRL LOOKED AT GEORGIE AND GEORGIE LOOKED AT HER THERE SEEMED TO BE NO NEED OF ANY FURTHER INTRODUCTION I'VE GOT A CUT ON MY THUMB SAID HE IT WAS THE FIRST WORK OF HIS FIRST REAL KNIFE A SAVAGE TRIANGULAR HACK AND HE ESTEEMED IT A MOST VALUABLE POSSESSION I'M SO SORRY SHE LISPED
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