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THE IRIDESCENT SCARABÆUS
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before we could say anything, or even stir, the little maiden had with one bound reached the marble parapet. We heard a splash, and the slow rhythmic movement of her strong young arms in the water, and through it all a faint and warning "Hush-sh-sh!" still lingering like the echo of a sigh in the sweet-scented air.