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    tered around to say goodbye. troked all toucrengt of tain on board a steam launc tty. ts. tood on tty and ill sheir faces no more.

    turned back inside, led in , and ttle bundle of letters into the way she had come.

    Co entice a eventually people noticed, and tirred into reluctant action. For a le by little it cer a o tory and gave it nerength.

    And so terious group of encers all man ory told of a youto ims so t they followed him like sheep.

    As for  cories agreed. Some said it o o Fairyland. Oto a farm tened for table. Ot t and sold as slaves to ricartars....And so on.

    But one to  be referred to at all, and talking about t  seemed to settle on t anyones knowing whe Gobblers.

    “Dont stay out late, or t you!”

    “My cousin in Norton, stle boy ook by the Gobblers....”

    “tratford. th!”

    And, inevitably:

    “Lets play kids and Gobblers!”

    So said Lyra to Roger, one rainy afternoon tics. ed slave by time; o th.

    “?”

    “You , like the Gobblers do.”

    “You dont kno not do t at all.”

    “Youre afraid of em,” sell.”

    “I ent. I dont believe in em anyway.”

    “I do,” s I ent afraid eit do  time o Jordan. I seen iring Room and t e, and my uncle just give , h.”

    “fully. “