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afterwards, would have no more boys about the 

 place. 



Which was your room?' said the gentle- 

 man, and I showed him upstairs. 



Stay here till I come for you,' said he. 

 ' Can I trust you ? ' 



" He did not wait for an answer, but went 

 away, taking Mag with him. I sat down and 

 looked out at the garden, and at the window 

 where I had jumped out that terrible day, and 

 wondered what was going to happen ; and what 

 happened is the last thing I am going to tell 

 you. 



"He went round to the front door, and 

 presently came out into the garden, still carry- 

 ing Mag's cage. Then he put down the cage 

 on the lawn, leaving its door open. Then he 

 went back into the house, and I could see 

 him and Miss Pringle come and sit at the 

 open window of the parlour. He kept his eye 

 on the cage, and seemed to say little ; Miss 

 Pringle looked rather puzzled, I thought, and 

 shook her curls pretty often in a fidgety sort 

 of way. 



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