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In a handsomely furnished dining-room in a spacious and modern-looking house about three miles outside the city of Melbourne, three children -- two girls and a boy -- were standing impatiently by a wide-open window.
"Gabrielle," said the boy, "have you any idea when the mails from England are due?"