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But the room was not tapestried. It was panelled. And it was rather dark. And it was so small as not to be much better than a cupboard. This surprised Dickie more than anything else that had ever happened to him, and it frightened him a little too. BUT THE ROOM WAS NOT TAPESTRIED IT WAS PANELLED AND IT WAS RATHER DARK AND IT WAS SO SMALL AS NOT TO BE MUCH MORE THAN A CUPBOARD THIS SURPRISED DICKIE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAD EVER HAPPENED TO HIM AND IT FRIGHTENED HIM A LITTLE TOO
ather's alive now. But 'e was a game old chap--shouldn't wonder but what he'd stuck it out." "Let's go and see him some day," said Dickie. "I dunno," said Beale; "you see, I was allus a great hanxiety to 'im. And besides, I shouldn't like to find 'im gone. Best not know nothing. That's what I say." But he sighed as he said it, and he filled his pipe in a thoughtful silence. CHAPTER VII DICKIE LEARNS MANY THINGS THAT night Dickie could not sleep. And as he lay awake a great resolve grew strong within him. He would try once more the magic of the moon-seeds and the rattle and the white seal, and try to get back into that other world. So he crept down into the parlor where a little layer of clear, red fire still burned. And now the moon-seeds and the voices and the magic were over and Dickie awoke, thrilled to feel how cleverly he had managed everything, moved his legs in the bed, rejoicing that he was no longer lame. Then he opened his eyes to feast them on the big, light tapestried room.  SECTION TWELVE OF HARDING'S LUCK THIS IS A LIPERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEPERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY LEOM NEELIE HARDING'S LUCK BY EDITH NESBIT CHAPTER SEVEN PART ONE DICKIE LEARNS MANY THINGS THAT NIGHT DICKIE COULD NOT SLEEP AND AS HE LAY AWAKE A GREAT RESOLVE GREW STRONG WITHIN HIM HE WOULD TRY ONCE MORE THE MAGIC OF THE MOON SEEDS AND THE RATTLE AND THE WHITE SEAL AND TRY TO GET BACK TO THAT OTHER WORLD SO HE CREPT DOWN INTO THE PARLOR WHERE A LITTLE LAYER OF CLEAR RED FIRE STILL BURNED AND NOW THE MOON SEEDS AND THE VOICES AND THE MAGIC WERE OVER AND DICKIE AWOKE THRILLED TO FEEL HOW CLEVERLY HE HAD MANAGED EVERYTHING MOVED HIS LEGS IN THE BED REJOICING THAT HE WAS NO LONGER LAME THEN HE OPENED HIS EYES TO FEAST THEM ON THE BIG LIGHT TAPESTRIED ROOM
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