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ing them, but in pleas-
ant things of letting his fancy fly happily ahead. So he accepted docilely
his present task, since he was convinced of the reason for it; Dougal was
right—he was the better person of the two to deal with Craw… . But the
other [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the imaginative side of him [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], was in revolt. That morning he had
received an illumination. He had met the most delightful human being
he had ever encountered. And now he was banished from her presence.
He was not greatly interested in Craw. Dougal was different; to Dou-
gal Craw was a figure of mystery and power; there was romance in the
midge controlling the fate of the elephant. To Jaikie he was only a dull,
sententious, elderly gentleman, probably with a bad temper, and he was
chained to him for an indefinite number of days. It sounded a bleak kind
of holiday… . But at Castle Gay there were the Evallonians, and Mrs
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Brisbane-Brown [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and an immense old house now in a state of siege [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and
Alison's bright eyes, and a stage set for preposterous adventures. The
lucky Dougal was there in the front of it, while he was condemned to
wander lonely in the wings.
But, as the increasing badness of the road made riding impossible, and
walking gave him a better chance for reflection [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the pros
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