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'EXIT TYRANNUS' may happen. But what have you been doing all this digging for?'

'You said it was going to rain,' I explained hastily. 'So I thought I'd get the digging done before it came. Good gardeners always tell you that's the right thing to do.'

'It did look like rain at one time,' Edward admitted; 'but it's passed off now. Very queer weather we're having. I suppose that's why I've felt so funny all day.'

'Yes, I suppose it's the weather,' I replied. 'I've been feeling funny too.'

The weather had nothing to do with it, as we well knew. But we would both have died rather than admit the real reason.

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