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" 'Oh, just as you like,' said she, a little huffed. 'Which is it you want, then?'

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" 'That white one with the barred tail, right in the middle of the flock.'

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" 'Oh, very well. Kill it and take it with you.'

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"Well, I did what she said, Mr. Holmes, and I carried the bird all the way to Kilburn. I told my pal what I had done, for he was a man that it was easy to tell a thing like that to. He laughed until he choked, and we got a knife and opened the goose. My heart turned to water, for there was no sign of the stone, and I knew that some terrible mistake had occurred. I left the bird rushed back to my sister's, and hurried into the back yard. There was not a bird to be seen there.

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" 'Where are they all, Maggie?' I cried.

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" 'Gone to the dealer's, Jem.'

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" 'Which dealer's?'

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" 'Breckinridge, of Covent Garden.


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