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"I can't get out; I can't get out,' said the starling. / 'God help thee,' said I; 'but I'll let thee out. " / _Sentimental Journey._
She didn't come the next day, but instead of her we actually found three little packets of butter-scotch tied up in white paper, with a different coloured ribbon on each: mine was pink, and Tib's blue, and Gerald's green. I think nothing that had happened to us pleased Gerald as much as this, though he couldn't pretend to think it had come from Fairyland.