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The Phoenix and the Carpet

CHAPTER 6
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A chain with a handle hung beside it, and joined itself quite openly to a rusty bell that hung under the porch.

Cyril had pulled the bell and its noisy clang was dying away before the terrible thought came to all.
Cyril spoke it.
'My hat!' he breathed.

'We don't know any French!' At this moment the door opened.

A very tall, lean lady, with pale ringlets like whitey-brown paper or oak shavings, stood before them.

She had an ugly grey dress and a black silk apron.


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