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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. 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
 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." 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. "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.  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 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 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
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