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" 'Put the papers on the sundial,' I read, peeping over his shoulder.

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" 'What papers? What sundial?' he asked.

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" 'The sundial in the garden. There is no other,' said I; 'but the papers must be those that are destroyed.'

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" 'Pooh!' said he, gripping hard at his courage. 'We are in a civilized land here, and we can't have tomfoolery of this kind. Where does the thing come from?'

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" 'From Dundee,' I answered, glancing at the postmark.

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" 'Some preposterous practical joke,' said he. 'What have I to do with sundials and papers? I shall take no notice of such nonsense.'

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" 'I should certainly speak to the police,' I said.

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" 'And be laughed at for my pains. Nothing of the sort.


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