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"No," said the nurse, "but they let them live such lives in their ugly towns that my life here with all its risks is far better worth living. NO SAID THE NURSE BUT THEY LET THEM LIVE SUCH LIVES IN THEIR UGLY TOWNS THAT MY LIFE HERE WITH ALL ITS RISKS IS FAR BETTER WORTH LIVING
 I am myself, and as I am afraid you too must be, "if they're seven months ahead, won't they always be seven months ahead?" "Odds bodikins," said the nurse impatiently, "how often am I to tell you that there's no such thing as time? But there's seasons, and the season they came out of was summer, and the season you'll go back to 'tis autumn--so you _must_ live the seven months in their time, and then it'll be summer and you'll meet them." "And what about Lord Arden in the Tower? Will he be beheaded for treason?" Dickie asked. "Oh, _that's_ part of their magic. It isn't in your magic at all. Lord Arden will be safe enough. And now, my lamb, I've more to tell thee. But come into thy panelled chamber where thy tutor cannot eavesdrop and betray us, and have thee given over to him wholly, and me burned for a witch." These terrible words kept Dickie silent till he and the nurse were safe in his room, and then he said, "Come with me to my time, nurse--they don't burn people for witches there. TIME BUT SAID DICKIE VERY MUCH BEWILDERED AS I AM MYSELF AND AS I AM AFRAID YOU TOO MUST BE IF THEY'RE SEVEN MONTHS AHEAD WON'T THEY ALWAYS BE SEVEN MONTHS AHEAD ODDS BODIKINS SAID THE NURSE IMPATIENTLY HOW OFTEN AM I TO TELL YOU THAT THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS TIME BUT THERE'S SEASONS AND THE SEASON THEY'LL COME OUT OF WAS SUMMER AND THE SEASON YOU'LL GO BACK TO IS AUTUMN SO YOU MUST LIVE THE SEVEN MONTHS IN THEIR TIME AND THEN IT'LL BE SUMMER AND YOU'LL MEET THEM AND WHAT ABOUT LORD ARDEN IN THE TOWER WILL HE BE BEHEADED FOR TREASON DICKIE ASKED OH THAT'S PART OF THEIR MAGIC IT ISN'T IN YOUR MAGIC AT ALL LORD ARDEN WILL BE SAFE ENOUGH AND NOW MY LAMB I'VE MORE TO TELL THEE BUT COME INTO THY PANELLED CHAMBER WHERE THY TUTOR CANNOT EAVESDROP AND BETRAY US AND HAVE THEE GIVEN OVER TO HIM WHOLLY AND ME BURNED FOR A WITCH THESE TERRIBLE WORDS KEPT DICKIE SILENT TILL HE AND THE NURSE WERE SAFE IN HIS ROOM AND THEN HE SAID COME WITH ME TO MY TIME NURSE THEY DON'T BURN PEOPLE FOR WITCHES THERE
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