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 "Why don't we?" cried Polly eagerly.

"Just what I was about to propose," said Laurie a bit patronizingly, "when Ned butted in. Let's start in and do the old burg systematically. Which way shall we go first?"

Dusk had settled over Orstead when the four, footsore and weary, returned to the shop. Their quest had been fruitless.