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And added that Kent made 615 against Derbyshire last Thursday. Edred and Elfrida began to ask questions. AND ADDED THAT KENT MADE SIX FIFTEEN AGAINST DERBYSHIRE LAST THURSDAY EDRED AND ELFRIDA BEGAN TO ASK QUESTIONS
se. And I'd got to believe that it was really real." "I don't understand a word you're saying," said Edred; and, darting to a corner, produced a photographic camera, of the kind called "Brownie." "Look here," he said, "you've never seen anything like _this_ before. This comes from the times we belong to." Richard knew it well. A boy at school had had one. And he had borrowed it once. And the assistant master had had a larger one of the same kind. It was horrible to him, this intrusion of the scientific attainments of the ugly times in which he was born into the beautiful times that he had grown to love. "Oh, stow it!" he said. "I know now it's all a silly dream. But it's not worth while to pretend I don't know a Kodak when I see it. That's a Brownie." "If you've dreamed about our time," said Elfrida.... "Did you ever dream of fire carriages and fire-boats, and----" Richard explained that he was not a baby, that he knew all about railways and steamboats and the triumphs of civilization. MAKES IT SEEM NOT REAL IT'S ONLY A DREAM REALLY I SUPPOSE AND I'D GOT TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS REALLY REAL I DON'T UNDERSTAND A WORD YOU'RE SAYING SAID EDRED AND DARTING TO A CORNER PRODUCED A PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA OF THE KIND CALLED BROWNIE LOOK HERE HE SAID YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE THIS COMES FROM THE TIMES WE BELONG TO RICHARD KNEW IT WELL A BOY AT SCHOOL HAD HAD ONE AND HE HAD BORROWED IT ONCE AND THE ASSISTANT MASTER HAD HAD A LARGER ONE OF THE SAME KIND IT WAS HORRIBLE TO HIM THIS INTRUSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC ATTAINMENTS OF THE UGLY TIMES IN WHICH HE WAS BORN INTO THE BEAUTIFUL TIMES THAT HE HAD GROWN TO LOVE OH STOW IT HE SAID I KNOW ALL IT'S ALL A SILLY DREAM BUT IT'S NOT WORTH WHILE TO PRETEND I DON'T KNOW A KODAK WHEN I SEE IT THAT'S A BROWNIE IF YOU'VE DREAMED ABOUT OUR TIME SAID ELFRIDA DID YOU EVER DREAM OF FIRE CARRIAGES AND FIRE BOATS AND RICHARD EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS NOT A BABY THAT HE KNEW ALL ABOUT RAILWAYS AND STEAMBOATS AND THE TRIUMPHS OF CIVILIZATION
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