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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. 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
 to question what it was that he really felt. His cousin was waiting. "Come, Elfrida," he said, and held out his hand. They went together into the garden. Now if you have read a book called "The House of Arden" you will already know that Dickie's cousins were called Edred and Elfrida, and that their father, Lord Arden, had a beautiful castle by the sea, as well as a house in London, and that he and his wife were great favorites at the Court of King James the First. If you have not read that book, and didn't already know these things--well, you know them now. And Arden 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. COULD NOT WAIT TO WONDER ABOUT IT OR TO QUESTION WHAT IT WAS HE REALLY FELT HIS COUSIN WAS WAITING COME ELFRIDA HE SAID AND HELD OUT HIS HAND THEY WENT TOGETHER INTO THE GARDEN NOW IF YOU HAVE READ A BOOK CALLED THE HOUSE OF ARDEN YOU WILL ALREADY KNOW THAT DICKIE'S COUSINS WERE CALLED ELMRED AND ELFRIDA AND THAT THEIR FATHER LORD ARDEN HAD A BEAUTIFUL CASTLE BY THE SEA AS WELL AS A HOUSE IN LONDON AND THAT HE AND HIS WIFE WERE GREAT FAVORITES AT THE COURT OF KING JAMES THE FIRST IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THAT BOOK AND DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW THESE THINGS WELL YOU 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
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