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In the meantime his mother opened the little book with the shadows -- and became lost in thought.
"I wonder what's fascinating about them? " she mused. "It is strange that such a good, clever boy should suddenly, become wrapped up in such nonsense! No, that means it's not mere nonsense. What, then, is it? " she pursued her questioning of herself.