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though he knew the answer perfectly well. THOUGH HE KNEW THE ANSWER PERFECTLY WELL
t--there were a whole lot of them in it." The clock-stopping feeling came on again. Elfrida was different somehow. The Elfrida who had gone on the barge to Gravesend and played with him at the Deptford house had never used such expressions as "a whole lot of them in it." He looked at her and she went on-- "They said Lord Arden was in it, but he wasn't, and some of them were to pretend to be hunting and to seize the Princess Elizabeth and proclaim her Queen, and the rest were to blow the Houses of Parliament up when the King went to open them." "I never heard this tale from my tutor," said Dickie. And without knowing why he felt uneasy, and because he felt uneasy he laughed. Then he said, "Proceed, cousin." Elfrida went on telling him about the Gunpowder Plot, but he hardly listened. The stopped-clock feeling was growing so strong. But he heard her say, "Mr. Tresham wrote to his relation, Lord Monteagle, that they were going to blow up the King," and he found himself saying, "What King? HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT THEY MADE A PLOT THERE WERE A WHOLE LOT OF THEM IN IT THE CLOCK STOPPING FEELING CAME ON AGAIN ELFRIDA WAS DIFFERENT SOMEHOW THE ELFRIDA WHO HAD GONE ON THE BARGE TO GRAVESEND AND PLAYED WITH HIM AT THE DEPTFORD HOUSE HAD NEVER USED SUCH EXPRESSIONS AS A WHOLE LOT OF THEM IN IT HE LOOKED AT HER AND SHE WENT ON THEY SAID LORD ARDEN WAS IN IT BUT HE WASN'T AND SOME OF THEM WERE TO PRETEND TO BE HUNTING AND TO SEIZE THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH AND PROCLAIM HER QUEEN AND THE REST WERE TO BLOW THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT UP WHEN THE KING WENT TO OPEN THEM I NEVER HEARD THIS TALE FOR MY TUTOR SAID DICKIE AND WITHOUT KNOWING WHY HE FELT UNEASY AND BECAUSE HE FELT UNEASY HE LAUGHED THEN HE SAID PROCEED COUSIN ELFRIDA WENT ON TELLING HIM ABOUT THE GUNPOWDER PLOT BUT HE HARDLY LISTENED THE STOPPED CLOCK FEELING WAS GROWING SO STRONG BUT HE HEARD HER SAY MISTER TRESHAM WROTE TO HIS RELATION LORD MONTEAKELE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BLOW UP THE KING AND HE FOUND HIMSELF SAYING WHAT KING
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