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The Story of the Amulet

CHAPTER 13
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I wonder which of them's got it.' 'Oh--look, look!' cried Anthea suddenly.

On the bare breast of one of the sailors gleamed something red.

It was the exact counterpart of their precious half-Amulet.
A silence, full of emotion, was broken by Jane.
'Then we've found it!' she said.

'Oh do let's take it and go home!' 'Easy to say "take it",' said Cyril; 'he looks very strong.' He did--yet not so strong as the other sailors.
'It's odd,' said Anthea musingly, 'I do believe I've seen that man somewhere before.' 'He's rather like our learned gentleman,' said Robert, 'but I'll tell you who he's much more like--' At that moment that sailor looked up.

His eyes met Robert's--and Robert and the others had no longer any doubt as to where they had seen him before.


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