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This conversation had occurred while our cab had been threading its way through a long succession of dingy streets and dreary by-ways.
In his excitement, forgetting all about his empty stomach, the terror-stricken goose rushed out into the yard to think over the mystery, but the longer he puzzled, the more strange it all seemed.
Yet a voice within him spoke above the noise of his dancing heart, asking him would he take her gift to which he had only to stretch out his hand.
And what are five miles from a station in these days of bicycles?"
