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Boiled meat How terribly British of them

He chuckled He was funny Who kneas so funny?

"Oh, my God!" he heard Honoria yell "What did I do to hihed some more Because she sounded ridiculous Alhorn Oooorrrrrhhhh myyy Grrrrrrrrrd

He wondered if she could hear it, too

Wait awhat she’d done to hi the scissors now? He wasn’t sure how he ought to feel about this

On the other handboiledhe didn’t care God, he was funny Hoas it possible no one had ever told hiive him more laudanum?" Mrs Wetherby said

Oh, yes, please

But they didn’t Instead they tried to boil hiood measure But after only a fewabout laudanuain, which turned out to be incredibly cruel of thelass or a spoon to feed hi, which –

"Aaaargh!"

– hurt more than the brandy, apparently

But the ladieshis and moved him to the other side of his bed, which wasn’t wet fro to boil hiht have slept for a bit He rather hoped he was sleeping, because he was quite certain he’d seen a six-foot rabbit hopping through his bedcha trouble

Although really, it wasn’t the rabbit that was so dangerous asabout like a e

He liked carrots Although orange had never really been one of his favorite colors He’d always found it a little jarring It seemed to pop up when he didn’t expect it, and he preferred his life without surprises

Blue Now, there was a proper color Lovely and soothing Light blue Like the sky On a sunny day

Or Honoria’s eyes She called them lavender – she had since she was a child – but they weren’t, not in his opinion First of all, they were far too luray as it was purple And far too fussy ItWith turbans on their heads He’d never understood why lavender was considered the appropriate step up fro calendar Wouldn’t brown have beenmore medium-toned?

And why did old ladies wear turbans?

This was really very interesting He didn’t think he’d ever thought so hard about color before Maybe he should have paid more attention when his father had o But really, what ten-year-old boy wants to spend four months on a bowl of fruit?