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"What is that for? " asked the child, pointing. Detricand put the watch to the child's ear. "It's to keep time. Listen. Do you hear it-tic- tic, tic-tic?"
The child nodded his head gleefully, and his big eyes blinked with understanding. "Doesn't it ever stop? " he asked.