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“Get out of the way,” Simon blazed at him, tightening his grip on the sword and pistol “Start talking like that,” growled Roach unperturbed, “and I’ll dot you one”

"Get out of the way

“That’s a pretty thing you’ve got there and it was a smart bit of work the way you got it” said Mr Porson. Fred drew back. He was not yet sure of Mr Porson

"That's a pretty thing you've got there and it was a smart bit of work the way you got it" said Mr Porson. Fred drew back. He was not yet sure of Mr Porson - pen and monochrome watercolour

Through the fragrant magic of the summer night they went, across fields, down lanes, singing the marching song of the Britishers

Through the fragrant magic of the summer night they went

Then Simon felt a violent push in the middle of the back and found himself flying into the room. The door was promptly locked behind him, left half

Then Simon felt a violent push in the middle of the back and found himself flying into the room. The door was promptly locked behind him

Then Simon felt a violent push in the middle of the back and found himself flying into the room. The door was promptly locked behind him, right half

Then Simon felt a violent push in the middle of the back and found himself flying into the room. The door was promptly locked behind him

“There were three little boys who threw stones at me, and a gamekeeper, and an old farm-labourer who laughed” said Simon, left half

"There were three little boys who threw stones at me

“There were three little boys who threw stones at me, and a gamekeeper, and an old farm-labourer who laughed” said Simon, right half

"There were three little boys who threw stones at me

Glanced quickly at the four men

Glanced quickly at the four men - pen and monochrome watercolour

“They laugh at you, you warns them again, they throw stones at you, so what do you do?””I takes ’em in charge” said Dumble, “and puts ’em in my notebook”

"They laugh at you

Simon discerned through the dusk the figure of a wiz-ened old woman with a brown crab-apple face, left half

Simon discerned through the dusk the figure of a wiz-ened old woman with a brown crab-apple face

Simon discerned through the dusk the figure of a wiz-ened old woman with a brown crab-apple face, right half

Simon discerned through the dusk the figure of a wiz-ened old woman with a brown crab-apple face

Pianella was just darting into one of those back entrances

Pianella was just darting into one of those back entrances - pen and monochrome watercolour

Zoe with the casket

Zoe with the casket - pen and monochrome watercolour

Mr Blickenheim greeted Simon with affable surprise “What again. Another black overcoat with an astrakhan collar?’ Yes, I’ve just one left

Mr Blickenheim greeted Simon with affable surprise "What again. Another black overcoat with an astrakhan collar?' Yes

Mr Blickenheim greeted Simon with affable surprise. “What again. Another black overcoat with an astrakhan collar?’ Yes, I’ve just one left

Mr Blickenheim greeted Simon with affable surprise. "What again. Another black overcoat with an astrakhan collar?' Yes

They represented all shapes and sizes, all colours and kinds, but they all wore astrakhan coats

They represented all shapes and sizes