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)Colonel Murray agreed that the road was very bad indeed. At the sight of Miss Wintertowne the gentleman with the thistle-down hairsuddenly became very excited. The darkwood had gone. He has broken my labyrinth andwoven another against me! In some ways, sir, remarked Lascelles, I could have wished that youhad not taught him so well.

Strange! he cried. Vinculus leaned forward across the table. Strange waseveryone's idea of what a magician ought to be. He appeared to be ofno particular age.