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THE STALLS OF BARCHESTER CATHEDRAL
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“I suppose it is a charm or a spell: wouldn’t you call it something of that kind?” said the curator.
“Yes,” I said, “I suppose one might. What became of the figure in which it was concealed?”
“Oh, I forgot,” said he. “The old man told me it was so ugly and frightened his children so much that he burnt it.”
