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EIGHT THOUSAND YEARS AGO.
Next morning Anthea got old Nurse to allow her to take up the 'poor learned gentleman's' breakfast.

He did not recognize her at first, but when he did he was vaguely pleased to see her.
'You see I'm wearing the charm round my neck,' she said; 'I'm taking care of it--like you told us to.' 'That's right,' said he; 'did you have a good game last night ?' 'You will eat your breakfast before it's cold, won't you ?' said Anthea.
'Yes, we had a splendid time.

The charm made it all dark, and then greeny light, and then it spoke.

Oh! I wish you could have heard it--it was such a darling voice--and it told us the other half of it was lost in the Past, so of course we shall have to look for it there!' The learned gentleman rubbed his hair with both hands and looked anxiously at Anthea.
'I suppose it's natural--youthful imagination and so forth,' he said.
'Yet someone must have...