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s said to be the man who put the boys out of the way.'
'The nephews? No, it doesn't ring a bell. Well, I must be getting along. Anything I can do for you?'
'Did you say you were going to Charing Cross Road?'
'To die Phoenix, yes.'
'You could do something for me.'
'What is that?'
'Go into one of die bookshops and buy me a History, of England. An adult one. And a Life of Richard III, if you can find one.'
'Sure, I'll do that.'
As he was going out he encountered The Amazon, and looked startled to find anything as large as himself in. nurse's uniform. He murmured a good-morning in an abashed way, cast a questioning glance at Grant, and faded into the corridor.
The Amazon said that she was supposed to be giving Number Four her blanket bath but that she had to look in to sec if he was convinced.
'Convinced?'
About the nobility of Richard Cceur-de-Lion.
'I haven't got round to Richard the First yet. But keep Number Four waiting a few moments longer and tell me what you know about Richard III.'
'Ah, those poor lambs!' she said, her great cow's-eyes soft with pity.
'Who?'
'Those two precious little boys. It used to be m
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