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The Story of the Amulet by E. (Edith) Nesbit
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'We know you are very, very learned,' said Cyril, 'and we have
got a charm, and we want you to read the name on it, because it
isn't in Latin or Greek, or Hebrew, or any of the languages WE
know--'

'A thorough knowledge of even those languages is a very fair
foundation on which to build an education,' said the gentleman
politely.

'Oh!' said Cyril blushing, 'but we only know them to look at,
except Latin--and I'm only in Caesar with that.' The gentleman
took off his spectacles and laughed. His laugh sounded rusty,
Cyril thought, as though it wasn't often used.

'Of course!' he said. 'I'm sure I beg your pardon. I think I
must have been in a dream. You are the children who live
downstairs, are you not? Yes. I have seen you as I have passed
in and out. And you have found something that you think to be an
antiquity, and you've brought it to show me? That was very kind.
I should like to inspect it."

'I'm afraid we didn't think about your liking to inspect it,'
said the truthful Anthea. 'It was just for US because we wanted
to know the name on it--'

'Oh, yes--and, I say,' Robert interjected, 'you won't think it
rude of us if we ask you first, before we show it, to be bound in
the what-do-you-call-it of--'

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