Charlie Bone and the Beast (The Children of the Red King, Book 6) Part 1 doc

... violent past. Charlie is often afraid of the Bloors and their allies, but, so far, he has resisted all their attempts to crush him, for he has friends among the descendants of the Red King, friends ... within 34/506 "Go on, then." Uncle Paton followed Charlie up 5 the stairs. When he reached the top, Charlie stood and stared at the two doors in front o...

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... the clothes from Charlie, laid them on the ground, and patted them. "Runner, come on." Runner Bean approached the bundle cau- tiously. He sniffed the clothes, first the coat, then the ... the hall. "SHHHH," hissed Charlie and Benjamin. Charlie cast an anxious glance at the stairs. He 18 5 expected both his grandmothers to come rushing out of the...

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... reached the hall and Charlie was so keen to hear the gruesome details of the drowning, he quite forgot the rules. "So what happened then?" "Silence in the hall, Charlie Bone, " ... terrible endowment. Lysander was now the oldest member of the endowed, and so he had been put in charge of the homework room. He had inherited a natural air of a...

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... says?" 12 9/506 in the shadow of the great cathedral. Charlie glanced up the cobblestone alley that led to the bookstore and "hurried on to Piminy Street. He wondered if Olivia was in the bookstore ... her gloved hand at the door. Standing on the top step were two of the most pathetic-looking children Emma had ever seen. 98 FEROMEL'S KETTLE Venetia be...

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... said Charlie. Indeed, it was a very cozy scene, with the warm 13 4 stove humming quietly in the background and the candle flames bathing the room in a comforting glow. And then Charlie had to go and ... Grandma Bone found a nasty way to get back at them. Benjamin already had indigestion. It was the only drawback to visiting Charlie, the gut-churn- ing scenes with Gra...

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... that the knight and the Red King were one and the same." 225 LYSANDER AND LAUREN The Red King!" Charlie felt an overwhelming surge of hope. " ;Of course. Who else could stop the river ... away from Charlie and leaned against the top bar of the fence. Charlie ran to the cottage and looked in the window. The table was there and two ch...

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... else and the warmth from the kettle was rather comforting. Ahead of them stood the tall block of houses with their black balconies, their pointed roofs, and the stone beasts that framed the long ... walls, trash cans, bags of garbage, and untidy patches of weeds. As the girls scanned the dismal scene for anything of in- terest, one of the yards caught their a...

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... had lived here? Who, among them, had been true to the name of the Red King, and who had used magic against their neighbors? When they reached the Stone Shop, Tancred peered into the window. He shrugged ... suffered the same fate. Charlie could hear their feet hit- ting the walls of the 292 alley as they tumbled through the air, wailing like banshees. There was a de...

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... exclaimed, "There!" and turned the end of the sword hilt toward the boys. 319 They saw a dark space in the center, a nar- row cavity made to fit something very like the top of the sword. " ;Charlie, " ... this." As they left the art room, a tall, slightly hunched figure appeared at the far end of the hall. It began to limp toward them and...

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... appeared as they hurried out of the dorm, no one followed them down the narrow hall to the theater, and no one barred their way onto the stage. The dark in the theater was so absolute, Charlie had ... chain mail, and the heavy breathing of the horse. The Red Knight sat erect, his sheathed sword hanging from his belt, and the red cloak lying soft against his...

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