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I would have greatly preferred to give you areal crown, but I was entirely unable to lay my hand upon one at such shortnotice. The great hallwas filled with a flock of birds. At first Mr Strange insisted that nothing was wrong, but Mr Lawrence was determined to find outand pressed Mr Strange to tell him the truth. His hair was shaggy and his beard was thick.

This was no easy task becausevarious parts of it hawthorn twigs, elder branches, strands of ivy, mistletoeand witches' In time, however, the trees grew differently andAshlair was seen no more. That is all. First the hounds tore their masters to pieces, and then the hares nowin the shape of men found themselves able to inflict a terrible revengeupon the hounds who had chased and harried them.