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The Story of the Amulet

CHAPTER 12
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'Not expelled for long I hope ?' 'We're not expelled at all,' said Cyril rather warmly.
'Well, I shouldn't do it again, if I were you,' said the man, and they could see he did not believe them.

There is no company so little pleasing as that of people who do not believe you.
'Thank you for showing us the label,' said Cyril.

And they came away.
As they came through the doors of the Museum they blinked at the sudden glory of sunlight and blue sky.

The houses opposite the Museum were gone.

Instead there was a big garden, with trees and flowers and smooth green lawns, and not a single notice to tell you not to walk on the grass and not to destroy the trees and shrubs and not to pick the flowers.


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