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Later Dorothy related the details of this conversation to Tavia, and even that sanguine one could find little of use in it.
"It seems to leave us just about where we were before," she commented. "Never mind, honey, we shall soon be in Desert City, and, once on the ground, I reckon we'll find ourselves in possession of more unpleasant facts than we need or want."