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She took him down into a warm curtained room, blew to flame the gray 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. SHE TOOK HIM DOWN INTO A WARM CURTAINED ROOM BLEW TO FLAME THE GRAY 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
 cousins in a carriage like his own rise into the sky and sail away towards the south. Quite without meaning to do it he pulled on the reins; the swan rose. He pulled again and the carriage stopped at the landing window. Hands dragged him in. The old nurse's hands. The swan glided away between snow and stars, and on the landing inside the open window the nurse held him fast in her arms. "My lamb!" she said; "my dear, foolish, brave lamb!" Dickie was pulling himself together. "If it's a dream," he said slowly, "I've had enough. I want to wake up. If it's real--real, with magic in it--you've got to explain it all to me--every bit. I can't go on like this. It's not fair." "Oh, tell him and have done," said the voice that had begun all the magic, and it seemed to him that something small and white slid along the wainscot of the corridor and vanished quite suddenly, just as a candle flame does when you blow the candle out. "I will," said the nurse. "Come, love, I _will_ tell you everything. TS LONG NECK LOW IN DOWNWARD FLIGHT HE SAW HIS COUSINS IN A CARRIAGE LIKE HIS OWN RISE INTO THE SKY AND SAIL AWAY TOWARDS THE SOUTH QUITE WITHOUT MEANING TO DO IT HE PULLED ON THE REINS THE SWAN ROSE HE PULLED AGAIN AND THE CARRIAGE STOPPED AT THE LANDING WINDOW HANDS DRAGGED HIM IN THE OLD NURSE'S HANDS THE SWAN GLIDED AWAY BETWEEN THE SNOW AND STARS AND ON THE LANDING INSIDE THE OPEN WINDOW THE NURSE HELD HIM FAST IN HER ARMS MY LAMB SHE SAID MY DEAR FOOLISH BRAVE LAMB DICKIE WAS PULLING HIMSELF TOGETHER IF IT'S A DREAM HE SAID SLOWLY I'VE HAD ENOUGH I WANT TO WAKE UP IF IT'S REAL REAL WITH MAGIC IN IT YOU'VE GOT TO EXPLAIN IT ALL TO ME EVERY BIT I CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS IT'S NOT FAIR OH TELL HIM AND HAVE DONE SAID THE VOICE THAT HAD BEGUN ALL THE MAGIC AND IT SEEMED TO HIM THAT SOMETHING SMALL AND WHITE SLID ALONG THE WAINSCUT OF THE CORRIDOR AND VANISHED QUITE SUDDENLY JUST AS A CANDLE FLAME DOES WHEN YOU BLOW THE CANDLE OUT I WILL SAID THE NURSE COME LOVE I WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING
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