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But the tutor would not be silenced. "And it's in history," he heard Elfrida say. BUT THE TUTOR WOULD NOT BE SILENCED AND IT'S IN HISTORY HE HEARD ELFRIDA SAY
opped-clock feeling was growing so strong. But he heard her say, "Mr. Tresham wrote to his relation, Lord Monteagle, that they were going to blow up the King," and he found himself saying, "What King?" though he knew the answer perfectly well. "Why, King James the First," said Elfrida, and suddenly the horrible tutor pounced and got Elfrida by the wrist. Then all in a moment everything grew confused. Mr. Parados was asking questions and little Elfrida was trying to answer them, and Dickie understood that the Gunpowder Plot _had not happened y_et, and that Elfrida had given the whole show away. How did she know? And the verse? "Tell me all--every name, every particular," the loathsome tutor was saying, "or it will be the worse for thee and thy father." Elfrida was positively green with terror, and looked appealingly at Dickie. "Come, sir," he said, in as manly a voice as he could manage, "you frighten my cousin. It is but a tale she told. She is always merry and full of many inventions.  PLOT BUT HE HARDLY LISTENED THE STOPPED CLOCK FEELING WAS GROWING SO STRONG BUT HE HEARD HER SAY MISTER TRESHAM WROTE TO HIS RELATION LORD MONTEAKELE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BLOW UP THE KING AND HE FOUND HIMSELF SAYING WHAT KING THOUGH HE KNEW THE ANSWER PERFECTLY WELL WHY KING JAMES THE FIRST SAID ELFRIDA AND SUDDENLY THE HORRIBLE TUTOR POUNCED AND GOT ELFRIDA BY THE WRIST THEN ALL IN A MOMENT EVERYTHING GREW CONFUSED MISTER PARADOSE WAS ASKING QUESTIONS AND LITTLE ELFRIDA WAS TRYING TO ANSWER THEM AND DICKIE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE GUNPOWDER PLOT HAD NOT HAPPENED YET AND THAT ELFRIDA HAD GIVEN THE WHOLE SHOW AWAY AND HOW DID SHE KNOW AND THE VERSE TELL ME ALL EVERY NAME EVERY PARTICULAR THE LOATHSOME TUTOR WAS SAYING OR IT WILL BE THE WORSE FOR THEE AND THY FATHER ELFRIDA WAS POSITIVELY GREEN WITH TERROR AND LOOKED APPEALINGLY AT DICKIE COME SIR HE SAID IN AS MANLY A VOICE AS HE COULD MANAGE YOU FRIGHTEN MY COUSIN IT IS BUT A TALE SHE TOLD SHE IS ALWAYS MERRY AND FULL OF MANY INVENTIONS
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