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haven’t seen my artefact yet. What’s inside this box is going to be the centrepiece of my exhibition. I believe it’s the biggest chunk of Saxon gold ever discovered. The Newberry Cup – you’ve heard of it, Mary, of course?”
“Of course,” said Mary. “You don’t mean to say you’ve actually bought the Newberry Cup, do you? Why on earth didn’t you say so at once?”
“Couldn’t get a word in edgeways, I expect,” said Atherton. “Mary, my angel, would you—”
“Here,” said Mary. She took the box and held it as Atherton prised off the lid. The children crowded forward. Alex felt a quiver of anticipation. He could see that Atherton, like himself and Aunt Joanna, loved beautiful things. And anything that
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