Charlie Bone and the Beast (The Children of the Red King, Book 6) Part 4 pps

... time for candles. Maisie switched off the kitchen lamp and Charlie turned out the light in the hall. Grandma Bone was the only 178/506 nuzzled him back and yapped very sedately into one of his ears. "A ... said Charlie. Indeed, it was a very cozy scene, with the warm 1 34 stove humming quietly in the background and the candle flames bathing the room in a co...

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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 ... were usually at each other's throats, but the fire brought them together, just for a day, and their combined efforts were enough to ward off the flames. They've a...

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... said Charlie. 44 8/506 " ;The gloves are too big," he muttered. "Take them off, then. There's no fire in the chimney today." Mrs. Kettle laughed and Tancred joined in. Their ... closer. Fidelio and Olivia stood on either side of Charlie, watching the tall figure move into the beams of the only light in the hall. 45 8/506 Monday dawned, cold and...

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... in the darkness, Dag- bert Endless and Manfred Bloor were awake, and waiting. But no one appeared as they hurried out of the dorm, no one followed them down the narrow hall to the theater, and ... himself up the iron ladder and out of the dreadful pit. But they weren't expecting to see what they did when they finally emerged into the room below the theater. 4...

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... 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...

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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?" 129/506 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 beck...

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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 ... came to a standstill at last. "Most of the stuff is kept in the base- ment, under the theater. I'll get the clothes for you during lunch break. There'll be m...

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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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... 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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