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“Who are your friends, Dora?” said Atherton. “I don’t think we’ve been introduced. And why – if it’s not an impertinent question – are they wearing fancy dress?”
“They’re from the future!” said Henry, before Alex could stop him. “That mirror you gave Miss Flynn – it’s a time machine!”
Atherton pulled what Alex and Ruby called a playing-with-the-children face.
“A time machine!” he said. “Crikey! You’d better not get too close, Mary, you’ll get whisked off to prehistoric Britain. And knowing you, you’ll start investigating their hunting rituals and never come back. And where would I be then?”
“Ass,” said Mary affectionately. “You’d have
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