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eyes are a - looking through you and a - peering out

JIM

With a smothered groan. Don't, Lu ! LU

Softly. I guessed it, Jim - can't you go back ? JIM

Firmly. I'm here, Lu. LU

Quickly. Then it's almost time for the fairies, Jim.

When

you can't stand anything more, they come back, and I can tell they be coming soon, Jim, for you can't get on without 'em. What was Danny reading in the cards ? JIM

What do you mean, Lu ? LU

Oh, there's ways of reading things besides the cards. JIM

He sets a heap of store by what they say. LU

And what was he telling you, Jim ? JIM

I can't make it out.

He said there was some