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pretty decent antiquity, though, if he and Miss Flynn are so excited about it. Shall we go and see?” And she hopped off the horse trough and ran over to Atherton, who was standing with Mary and Uncle Edmund – a large, red-faced man with a walrus moustache – talking to one of the firemen.
“Started deliberately?” Atherton was saying. “My hat! You can’t be serious!”
“Uncle Atherton.” Henry tugged on his uncle’s sleeve. “Can’t we see your Cup thing?”
“Cup thing?” Uncle Edmund turned, rather grumpily, to Atherton. “You haven’t been bringing more junk into the house, have you, Atherton?”
“Eh? What? Oh, no, not at all.” Atherton put
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