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“What is the Scholars' line, aunt Lucille?”Mary asked, braving her aunt's stormy looks.
The room was quiet for a few moments. Normally Lu..
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'Great mercy, it's all here! Oh, girl, what have you uncovered!'Lucille thought, turning apprehensive eyes towards Mary, to see if her niece had any i..
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The Circle meeting was quite boring, filled with organizational issues and the usual polite gossip. Lucille found it hard to pay attention to things s..
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“We're never going to figure this out,”Lucille said, dejected.“Not only don't I know most of the words' equivalents, but I don't und..
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The cave find became the focus of attention for the entire village. Their community hadn't had anything exciting to talk about since most of its membe..
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Understanding the old language became increasingly challenging over time, and the hopes of making heads or tails of it diminished, even for Mary, who,..
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“I think I speak for everybody when I say that bringing this curse into the Council Hall is a disrespectful and irresponsible act one hoped not ..
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Lucille and Mary spent the following week trying to learn more about what the mirror could do. There was one aspect of this endeavor that none of them..
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“Now what!?”Mary thought.
“Oh, I knew it! I just knew it! It had to be!”Lucille couldn't containher excitement, and all of a ..
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“Answer him, girl!”Mrs. Gentry prodded a very confused Mary, whose young heart oscillated between shame and terror.“Mary! Her name i..
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