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THE SWEET-SCENTED NAME

dirty children coming to meet him. All was locked and inimical.

But the green-gold water of the canal beckoned.

And the hungry gleam died away, died away.

So musical was the sudden splash in the water.

And there ran away, ring beyond ring, black dark rings, wallowing over and eclipsing the green-gold water of the canal.

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