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He’s always charging about somewhere foreign – before Peru it was Rhodesia, and before Rhodesia it was China, I think, or maybe Japan. Somewhere hot. He just stays here when he comes home, and stores all his antiquities in the hayloft. Mother thought he might settle down when he got married, but it doesn’t look like it. He and Miss Flynn are going to Egypt next.”
“What do you think was in that box?” said Alex. He hadn’t forgotten the packing crate, with its mysterious contents.
Dora shrugged.
“The Newberry Cup?” she said. “It’s no earthly good trying to guess what Uncle Atherton brings home. Could be simply anything. It must be a
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