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"Indeed?" murmured Miles, smiling interestedly.

"Really! You take a watch"

"Your own watch," interpolated the other Miss Ruggles.

"Of course, your own watch, my dear! You take a watch, and you ask some one else to count the seconds up to sixty."

"The other person doesn't see the watch," explained her sister.

"No—that is, not the face of the watch, my dear. Of course, there is no harm if the other person sees the back of the watch! Then you begin when the second-hand is at sixty and the other person counts one, two, three, and so on until he"

"Or she," suggested the other Miss Ruggles.

"Or she, of course, my dear. Until he or she reaches sixty. You'd really