[The Magic City by Edith Nesbit]@TWC D-Link bookThe Magic City CHAPTER V 20/41
I'm sorry I bunked and left you.
And I did come back.' 'I know you did,' said Lucy. 'I came back to fetch you,' said Philip, 'and now we'd better get along home.' 'You've got to do seven deeds of power before you can get home,' said Lucy. 'Oh! I remember, Perrin told me,' said he. 'Well,' Lucy went on, 'that'll take ages.
No one can go out of this place _twice_ unless he's a King-Deliverer.
You've gone out _once_--without _me_.
Before you can go again you've got to do seven noble deeds.' 'I killed the dragon,' said Philip, modestly proud. 'That's only one,' she said; 'there are six more.' And she ate bread and milk with firmness. 'Do you like this adventure ?' he asked abruptly. 'It's more interesting than anything that ever happened to me,' she said.
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