[The Story of the Amulet by E. Nesbit]@TWC D-Link bookThe Story of the Amulet CHAPTER 5 9/26
Most boys have a watch in this condition.
They presented their offerings, and Anthea added the red roses. The headman who took the things looked at them with awe, especially at the red roses and the Waterbury-watch fragment. 'This is a day of very wondrous happenings,' he said.
'I have no more room in me to be astonished.
Our maiden said there was peace between you and us.
But for this coming of a foe we should have made sure.' The children shuddered. 'Now speak.
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