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"I should think I did," said Dickie  "at least, it wasn't that I _noticed_ any difference so much as that I _felt_ something queer. I couldn't understand it  it felt stuffy  as if something was going to burst." I SHOULD THINK I DID SAID DICKIE AT LEAST IT WASN'T THAT I NOTICED ANY DIFFERENCE SO MUCH AS THAT I FELT SOMETHING QUEER I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT IT FELT STUFFY AS IF SOMETHING WERE GOING TO BURST
gave him elder wine to drink, hot and spiced, and kneeling before him, rubbing his cold, bare feet, she told him. "There are certain children born now and then--it does not often happen, but now and then it does--children who are not bound by time as other people are. And if the right bit of magic comes their way, those children have the power to go back and forth in time just as other children go back and forth in space--the space of a room, a playing-field, or a garden alley. Often children lose this power when they are quite young. Sometimes it comes to them gradually so that they hardly know when it begins, and leaves them as gradually, like a dream when you wake and stretch yourself. Sometimes it comes by the saying of a charm. That is how Edred and Elfrida found it. They came from the time that you were born in, and they have been living in this time with you, and now they have gone back to their own time. Didn't you notice any difference in them? From what they were at Deptford? Y ASHES ON THE OPEN HEARTH GAVE HIM ELDER WINE TO DRINK HOT AND SPICED AND KNEELING BEFORE HIM RUBBING HIS COLD BARE FEET SHE TOLD HIM THERE ARE CERTAIN CHILDREN BORN NOW AND THEN IT DOES NOT OFTEN HAPPEN BUT NOW AND THEN IT DOES CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT BOUND BY TIME AS OTHER PEOPLE ARE AND IF THE RIGHT BIT OF MAGIC COMES THEIR WAY THOSE CHILDREN HAVE THE POWER TO GO BACK AND FORTH IN TIME JUST AS OTHER CHILDREN GO BACK AND FORTH IN SPACE THE SPACE OF A ROOM A PLAYING FIELD OR A GARDEN ALLEY OFTEN CHILDREN LOSE THIS POWER WHEN THEY ARE QUITE YOUNG SOMETIMES IT COMES TO THEM GRADUALLY SO THAT THEY HARDLY KNOW WHEN IT BEGINS AND LEAVES THEM AS GRADUALLY LIKE A DREAM WHEN YOU WAKE AND STRETCH YOURSELF SOMETIMES IT COMES BY THE SAYING OF A CHARM THAT IS HOW EDRED AND ELFRIDA FOUND IT THEY CAME FROM THE TIME THAT YOU WERE BORN IN AND THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THIS TIME WITH YOU AND NOW THEY HAVE GONE BACK TO THEIR OWN TIME DIDN'T YOU NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THEM FROM WHAT THEY WERE AT DEPTFORD
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