... speech was thick and slurred.
Avoiding Charlie& apos;s eye, Manfred limped out
of the room.
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Unfortunately, Maisie wasn't the only person
in the kitchen. Grandma Bone sat in the
rocking ... he were asleep.
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Dorcas and the twins clustered around the
talents master. Joshua tapped his shoulder
and Manfred lifted his head. He clutched the
edge of the ta...
... occupied with the
book, the two boys moved swiftly across the
store and around the counter. Mr. Ezekiel
began to whine about the small print as they
stepped through the curtains and entered
Miss Ingledew's ... With a wary glance
at Wilfred's basket, Grandma Bone swept
back up the
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stairs and crossed the hall into the living
room. Uncle Paton followed her...
... Charlie& apos;s
frantic fingers and the unnatural wind that
blew from who knew where.
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Charlie Bone and the
Shadow
(The Children of the
Red King, Book 7)
Jenny Nimmo
The enchanter Count Harken ... the highest table and
the tallest chair, and could that be a boat,
hanging on
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the wall? He turned quickly as the owner of
the room ducked u...
... chorus of "Yes, Manfred," Dorcas, the
twins, and Joshua gathered up their books
and made for the door. Dagbert said nothing,
but he followed the others as they stepped
over the splintered ... that."
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CHAPTER 5
THE PETS' CAFEIS CLOSED
Long after his friends had left, Charlie still
wandered the house. Up and down the stairs,
in and out of his ro...
... of Tancred,"
said Charlie.
Neither Charlie nor Billy owned a cell phone.
They weren't allowed in school, and
Grandma Bone disapproved of them. Charlie
didn't like the thought of ... place from
my grandpa, they were all gone. And now "
Mrs. Kettle collected the cups and took them
to the sink beside the stove.
" ;And now what?" prompted...
... him."
They were now in the older part of the city,
where the great cathedral towered above the
surrounding stores and houses. Runner Bean
had dropped behind them for some reason.
Every now and ... fade
until they were the same color as the dull
stones in the wall, and then she crawled into
the pocket of Charlie& apos;s cape.
When the moth was safely hidden,...
... cor-
ridors until they came to the landing above
the hall.
Dr. Bloor stood looking up at them. Behind
him, some of the staff had gathered. They
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sight, then he lay on his bed and fell fast
asleep.
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CHAPTER ... hands
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Shafts of electricity lit the water and the
room was bathed in the reflected blue-white
glow. The thunder man bent down and, with
a dr...
... rang
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his thigh with one hand and shoved the chlo-
roform over his mouth
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and nose with the other. The big fellow
staggered back with a groan, and Mrs. Brown
wrenched open the door.
By ... She
walked to the
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side of the stage where a large painting stood
facing the wall. Seizing the painting, Titania
pulled it to the center of the stage. The...
... rod. The black-
smith turned it twice in the lock. This time
the dust was pink and the opening click more
of a groan. Mrs. Kettle stood up and turned
the handle. The door swung inward and
Charlie ... slid out and waved its
feathery head in the air.
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cool light of the false stars pinned to the ceil-
ing, he could make out the
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dreadful heads wi...
... glassy eyes of
two Rottweilers staring through the barred
gate. And then they were beside the walls of
the Sage mansion
42 7
where Lysander lived, on and on, up and up,
until they reached the yard ... entered was walled in long rectangles of
misty glass, and their reflections became
colored fragments that wavered and parted
whenever they moved.
Beside the door a sta...