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Extract 2 of 4 - Chapter Nine “Welcome to my little vardo. It’s been in the family for three hundred years. Here” she said walking back to him and placing the cake in his hand. Felix looked at it dubiously. “It’s lovely dear” she offered by way of encouragement. “We give them to apprentices when they first come to us. We find it answers most of their initial questions”. Felix felt the slanting eyes of Miss Tetheridge, boring into him. He took a small nibble from the side of the cake and waited. “Live a little why don’t you” encouraged Cassandra. “I always say why put something off if you can have fun now. I promise that neither it nor I will harm you”. With those words he took a large bite and chewed. She was right, it really was lovely. He had never had anything this sweet before. “Can you see me?” Cassandra’s voice asked. Felix realised that he couldn’t. It was as if he were stood at a high window looking down on a street. It felt as if he had superhuman powers, for he could see right through the walls of the houses. His eyes were trained on bodies, breathing rhythmically in their beds below. “People
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