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covered with claret-coloured spots. Frank did not touch it, 

 hoping that the remaining bird would sit and hatch the eggs ; 

 but she soon deserted it and left the neighbourhood, most 

 probably to be shot, and the boys then took the eggs to add to 

 their collection. 



With the same vigour which characterised their out-door 

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Mr. Meredith's study at the Rectory the three boys sat busily 

 engaged in making Latin verse, an exercise which suited Dick 

 far better than it did the others. Their brown faces and their 

 hands, hacked and roughened as only boys' hands can become, 

 were in great contrast to their studious occupations. Mr. 

 Meredith looked at them with keen interest, and resolved that 



