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"Splendid!" said the Phoenix. "The fact is, I sometimes suspect that that is precisely with whom we are dealing at home." SPLENDID SAID THE PHOENIX THE FACT IS I SOMETIMES SUSPECT THAT THAT IS PRECISELY WITH WHOM WE ARE DEALING AT HOME
 as a bird cage, and an ear trumpet. She opened the box, shook it to make sure it was empty, and put in two heads of cabbage. ("Such monstrous appetites these Wails do have!" she explained.) She fastened the lid carefully with a catch-lock, and inserted the ear trumpet in a hole in one side of the box. Then she disappeared through a sound-proof door, which they had not seen before on account of the smoke. Fifteen minutes later the Banshee came out with the box, plugging up the hole in its side with a bit of wax. She was pale and trembling, and beads of sweat covered her face. She smiled weakly at them, seized an earthen-ware jug, and drained it in one gulp. The color began to return to her face. "Wsssht!" she gasped, wiping her brow with the sleeve of her Mother Hubbard. "Ah, dearies, that was the effort of me life! 'Tis a Wail to make one burst with pride, though I do say it meself. Thirteen minutes long by the clock, with a range of ten octaves! 'Twould frighten the Old Nick himself! E CHAMBER UNTIL SHE FOUND A BOX AS LARGE AS A BIRD CAGE AND AN EAR TRUMPET SHE OPENED THE BOX SHOOK IT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS EMPTY AND PUT IN TWO HEADS OF CABBAGE SUCH MONSTROUS APPETITES THESE WHALES DO HAVE SHE EXPLAINED SHE FASTENED THE LID CAREFULLY WITH A CATCH LOCK AND INSERTED THE EAR TRUMPET IN A HOLE IN ONE SIDE OF THE BOX THEN SHE DISAPPEARED THROUGH A SOUND PROOF DOOR WHICH THEY HAD NOT SEEN BEFORE ON ACCOUNT OF THE SMOKE FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER THE BANSHEE CAME OUT WITH THE BOX PLUGGING UP THE HOLE IN ITS SIDE WITH A BIT OF WAX SHE WAS PALE AND TREMBLING AND BEADS OF SWEAT COVERED HER FACE SHE SMILED WEAKLY AT THEM SEIZED AN EARTHENWARE JUG AND DRAINED IT IN ONE GULP THE COLOR BEGAN TO RETURN TO HER FACE HOOSHT SHE GASPED WIPING HER BROW WITH THE SLEEVE OF HER MOTHER HUBBARD AH DEARIES THAT WAS AN EFFORT OF ME LIFE TIS A WAIL TO MAKE ONE BURST WITH PRIDE THOUGH I DO SAY SO MESELF THIRTEEN MINUTES LONG BY THE CLOCK WITH A RANGE OF TEN OCTAVES TWOULD FRIGHTEN THE OLD NICK HIMSELF
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