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"What a baby you are, Shock, playing at s!" I said

He did not reply, only s way, took an old

broo the ashes of the fire

aside rolled the clay pig-pudding into the middle of the fire, and then

covered it over with the burning ashes, and piled on soood fire, which he set hi particular to do in the garden;

so I stood looking at Shock's cookery for a ti ahen for a wonder he spoke

"Be done soon," he said

Just then I heard h the rain I found

that Old Brownsmith wanted me for a while about some entries that he

could not find in the book, and which he thought had not been made

I was able, however, to show him that the entries had been arden again to see how the

cookery was going on

As I reached the door the little shed was all of a glow, for Shock was

raking the fire aside, but, apparently not satisfied, he raked it all

back again, and for the next half hour he a up

scraps of wood and refuse toall away, leaving the lump of clay baked hard and red