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Chapter 18

           ShehadtoldMildredtomoveit,butMildred,ofcourse,hadforgotten,andnowtherewasCamwideawake,andJameswideawakequarrellingwhentheyoughttohavebeenasleephoursago.WhathadpossessedEdwardtosendthemthishorridskull?Shehadbeensofoolishastoletthemnailitupthere.Itwasnailedfast,Mildredsaid,andCamcouldn’tgotosleepwithitintheroom,andJamesscreamedifshetouchedit.

           ThenCammustgotosleep(ithadgreathornssaidCam)mustgotosleepanddreamoflovelypalaces,saidMrs.Ramsay,sittingdownonthebedbyherside.Shecouldseethehorns,Camsaid,allovertheroom.Itwastrue.Wherevertheyputthelight(andJamescouldnotsleepwithoutalight)therewasalwaysashadowsomewhere.

           "Butthink,Cam,it’sonlyanoldpig,"saidMrs.Ramsay,"aniceblackpiglikethepigsatthefarm."ButCamthoughtitwasahorridthing,branchingatherallovertheroom.

           "Wellthen,"saidMrs.Ramsay,"wewillcoveritup,"andtheyallwatchedhergotothechestofdrawers,andopenthelittledrawersquicklyoneafteranother,andnotseeinganythingthatwoulddo,shequicklytookherownshawloffandwounditroundtheskull,roundandroundandround,andthenshecamebacktoCamandlaidherheadalmostflatonthepillowbesideCam’sandsaidhowlovelyitlookednow;howthefairieswouldloveit;itwaslikeabird’snest;itwaslikeabeautifulmountainsuchasshehadseenabroad,withvalleysandflowersandbellsringingandbirdssingingandlittlegoatsandantelopesand...

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