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"It's the most interesting thing that ever happened to us," declared Molly. "It's almost like a book thing."
"It would be even more exciting if we had thought Uncle Stephen was dead," said Dulcie, in a tone of some regret. "You remember how exciting it was in ‘Kathie's Three Wishes,' when her Uncle Robert came home rich, after everybody had thought he was dead for years and years. I wonder if Uncle Stephen is rich."