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The light the nurse carried gleamed and disappeared up the second flight of stairs. Dickie followed. He had to follow. He could not be left out of this, the most mysterious of all the happenings that had so wonderfully come to him. THE LIGHT THE NURSE CARRIED GLEAMED AND DISAPPEARED UP THE SECOND FLIGHT OF STAIRS DICKIE FOLLOWED HE HAD TO FOLLOW HE COULD NOT BE LEFT OUT OF THIS THE MOST MYSTERIOUS OF ALL THE HAPPENINGS THAT HAD SO WONDERFULLY COME TO HIM
e roof very soon and angry, they slipped round the chimney-stacks and through the trap-door, and left him up on the roof in the snow, and shut the trap-door and hasped it. And then the nurse caught them and Richard was sent to bed. But he did not go. There was no sleep in that house that night. Sleepiness filled it like a thick fog. Dickie put out his rushlight and stayed quiet for a little while, but presently it was impossible to stay quiet another moment, so very softly and carefully he crept out and hid behind a tall press at the end of the passage. He felt that strange things were happening in the house and that he must know what they were. Presently there were voices below, voices coming up the stairs--the nurse's voice, his cousins', and another voice. Where had he heard that other voice? The stopped-clock feeling was thick about him as he realized that this was one of the voices he had heard on that night of the first magic--the voice that had said, "He is more yours than mine. ORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIPERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY LIMNEE HARDING'S LUCK BY EDITH NESBIT CHAPTER SEVEN PART TWO THEN THE NURSE CAUGHT THEM AND RICHARD WAS SENT TO BED BUT HE DID NOT GO THERE WAS NO SLEEP IN THAT HOUSE THAT NIGHT SLEEPINESS FILLED IT LIKE A THICK FOG DICKIE PUT OUT HIS RUSHLIGHT AND STAYED QUIET FOR A LITTLE WHILE BUT PRESENTLY IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO STAY QUIET ANOTHER MOMENT SO VERY SOFTLY AND CAREFULLY HE CREPT OUT AND HID BEHIND A TALL PRESS AT THE END OF THE PASSAGE HE FELT THAT STRANGE THINGS WERE HAPPENING IN THE HOUSE AND THAT HE MUST KNOW WHAT THEY WERE PRESENTLY THERE WERE VOICES BELOW VOICES COMING UP THE STAIRS THE NURSE'S VOICE HIS COUSINS AND ANOTHER VOICE WHERE HAD HE HEARD THAT OTHER VOICE THE STOPPED CLOCK FEELING WAS THICK ABOUT HIM AS HE REALIZED THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE VOICES THAT HE HAD HEARD THAT NIGHT OF THE FIRST MAGIC THE VOICE THAT HAD SAID HE IS MORE YOURS THAN MINE
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