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Halcyone

CHAPTER III
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I found her in the secret staircase.
She is broken, even her nose a little, but she is supremely beautiful.
It is just her head I have got, and I pretend she is my mother sometimes, really come back to me again.

We have long talks.

Some day I will show her to you.

I have to keep her hidden, because Aunt Ginevra cannot bear rubbish about, and as she is broken she would want to have her thrown away." "I shall be delighted to make her acquaintance.

What do you call her ?" "That is just it," said Halcyone.


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