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"It is scarcely a 'story," said their mother, "it was only about a tremendous quarrel there once was in ancient times between some people as to what colour a certain shield was. One party declared it was black; the other maintained it was white. Both were ready to swear to the fact, and I don't know what terrible consequences might not have followed, had it not suddenly been discovered that -- what do you think? Can you guess?"
Max and Dolly knitted their brows and pondered. But no, they could not guess.