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The Captives

CHAPTER IV
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He stared straight in front of him, wriggling sometimes his broad back as though he were a dog tied by a chain.

Some one else very quickly claimed Maggie's attention; this was a girl who, in the seat behind Mr.
Warlock, was as noticeable in that congregation as a bird-of-paradise amongst a colony of crows.

She was wearing a dress of light blue silk and a large hat of blue with a grey bird in the front of it.
Her hair, beneath the hat, was bright gold, her cheeks were the brightest pink and her eyes sparkled in a most lovely and fascinating manner.

She was immensely interesting to Maggie, who had never, in her life, dreamed of anything so dazzling.

She was very restless and animated and self-conscious.


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