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There were now two things for the three C. 's to look forward to: the return of Rupert and Lord Andore's coming-of-age party. The magic of the waxen man had ended so seriously that no one liked to suggest the trying of any new spells, though Charlotte still cherished the hope that it might some day seem possible to try a spell for bringing the picture to life. There were no directions for such a spell in any of the books.
‘But,' she thought, ‘considering all the experience we've had, we ought to be able to invent something.'