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"How odd!" he thought. "I didn't know that was so old as all this." And he remembered hearing his father, Sir Richard Arden, say, "Treason's a dangerous word to let lie on your lips these days." HOW ODD HE THOUGHT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS SO OLD AS ALL THIS AND HE REMEMBERED HEARING HIS FATHER SIR RICHARD ARDEN SAY TREASON'S A DANGEROUS WORD TO LET LIE ON YOUR LIPS THESE DAYS
en was Dickie's own name too, in this old life, and his father was Sir Richard Arden, of Deptford and Aylesbury. And his tutor was Mr. Parados, called Parrot-nose "for short" by his disrespectful pupils. Dickie and Elfrida played ball, and they played hide-and-seek, and they ran races. He preferred play to talk just then; he did not want to let out the fact that he remembered nothing whatever of the doings of the last month. Elfrida did not seem very anxious to talk, either. The garden was most interesting, and the only blot on the scene was the black figure of the tutor walking up and down with a sour face and his thumbs in one of his dull-looking books. The children sat down on the step of one of the stone seats, and Dickie was wondering why he had felt that queer clock-stopping feeling, when he was roused from his wonderings by hearing Elfrida say-- "Please to remember The Fifth of November, The gunpowder treason and plot. I see no reason Why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot. U KNOW THEM NOW AND ARDEN WAS DICKIE'S OWN NAME TOO IN HIS OLD LIFE AND HIS FATHER WAS SIR RICHARD ARDEN OF DEPTFORD AND AYLESBURY AND HIS TUTOR WAS MISTER PARADOX CALLED PARROT NOSE FOR SHORT BY HIS DISRESPECTFUL PUPILS DICKIE AND ELFRIDA PLAYED BALL AND THEY PLAYED HIDE AND SEEK AND THEY RAN RACES HE PREFERRED PLAY TO TALK JUST THEN HE DID NOT WANT TO LET OUT THE FACT THAT HE REMEMBERED NOTHING WHATEVER OF THE DOINGS OF THE LAST MONTH ELFRIDA DID NOT SEEM VERY ANXIOUS TO TALK EITHER THE GARDEN WAS MOST INTERESTING AND THE ONLY BLOT ON THE SCENE WAS THE BLACK FIGURE OF THE TUTOR WALKING UP AND DOWN WITH A SOUR FACE AND HIS THUMBS IN ONE OF HIS DULL LOOKING BOOKS THE CHILDREN SAT DOWN ON THE STEP OF ONE OF THE STONE SEATS AND DICKIE WAS WONDERING WHY HE HAD FELT THAT QUEER CLOCK STOPPING FEELING WHEN HE WAS ROUSED FROM HIS WANDERINGS BY HEARING ELFRIDA SAY PLEASE TO REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER THE GUNPOWDER TREASON AND PLOT I SEE NO REASON WHY GUNPOWDER TREASON SHOULD EVER BE FORGOT
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