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squares and oblongs. The seeds lay very flat and fitted close together. They were excellent for making patterns with. And presently he made, with triple lines of silvery seeds, a six-pointed star, something like this—
with the rattle and the seal in the middle, and the light from the street lamp shone brightly on it all.
"That's the prettiest of the lot," said Dickie Harding, alone in the empty house.
And then the magic began.
