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Jeremy

CHAPTER IV
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I said four.

Twice two." "Is that as well as 'add three,' Miss Jones?
I've got twice two, and then add three, and then twice two--" "No, no.

I was only telling Jeremy--" "Please, Miss Jones, would you mind beginning again--" This is a very unpleasant game for a lady with neuralgia.
Or there is the game of Making a Noise.

At this game, without any earlier training or practice, Jeremy was a perfect master.

The three children would be sitting there very, very quiet, learning the first verse of "Tiger, Tiger, burning bright--" A very gentle creaking sound would break the stillness--a creaking sound that can be made, if you are clever, by rubbing a boot against a boot.


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