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They sat thus night after night recalling that fatal Friday, till every detail of it was stamped on their brains and came through on the other side like the faces on a bad coinage. THEY SAT THUS NIGHT AFTER NIGHT RECALLING THAT FATAL FRIDAY TILL EVERY DETAIL OF IT WAS STAMPED ON THEIR BRAINS AND CAME THROUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE LIKE THE FACES ON A BAD COINAGE
 children.' But unfortunately Mrs. Darling could not leave it hanging out at the window; it looked so like the washing and lowered the whole tone of the house. She thought of showing it to Mr. Darling, but he was totting up winter greatcoats for John and Michael, with a wet towel round his head to keep his brain clear, and it seemed a shame to trouble him; besides, she knew exactly what he would say: 'It all comes of having a dog for a nurse.' She decided to roll the shadow up and put it away carefully in a drawer, until a fitting opportunity came for telling her husband. Ah me! The opportunity came a week later, on that never-to-be-forgotten Friday. Of course it was a Friday. 'I ought to have been specially careful on a Friday,' she used to say afterwards to her husband, while perhaps Nana was on the other side of her, holding her hand. 'No, no,' Mr. Darling always said, 'I am responsible for it all. I, George Darling, did it. _Mea culpa, mea culpa._' He had had a classical education. SILY WITHOUT DISTURBING THE CHILDREN BUT UNFORTUNATELY MISSUS DARLING COULD NOT LEAVE IT HANGING OUT AT THE WINDOW IT LOOKED SO LIKE THE WASHING AND LOWERED THE WHOLE TONE OF THE HOUSE SHE THOUGHT OF SHOWING IT TO MISTER DARLING BUT HE WAS TOTTING UP WINTER GREATCOATS FOR JOHN AND MICHAEL WITH A WET TOWEL ROUND HIS HEAD TO KEEP HIS BRAIN CLEAR AND IT SEEMED A SHAME TO TROUBLE HIM BESIDES SHE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WOULD SAY IT ALL COMES OF HAVING A DOG FOR A NURSE SHE DECIDED TO ROLL THE SHADOW UP AND PUT IT AWAY CAREFULLY IN A DRAWER UNTIL A FITTING OPPORTUNITY CAME FOR TELLING HER HUSBAND AH ME THE OPPORTUNITY CAME A WEEK LATER ON THAT NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN FRIDAY OF COURSE IT WAS A FRIDAY I OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN SPECIALLY CAREFUL ON A FRIDAY SHE USED TO SAY AFTERWARDS TO HER HUSBAND WHILE PERHAPS NANA WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HER HOLDING HER HAND NO NO MISTER DARLING ALWAYS SAID I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR IT ALL I GEORGE DARLING DID IT MAYOR CULPER MAYOR COPPER HE HAD HAD A CLASSICAL EDUCATION
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