... 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
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"Go on, then." Uncle Paton followed Charlie
up
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the stairs. When he reached the top, Charlie
stood and stared at the two doors in front o...
... 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
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expected both his grandmothers to come
rushing out of the...
... 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...
... says?"
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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.
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FEROMEL'S KETTLE
Venetia be...
... said Charlie.
Indeed, it was a very cozy scene, with the
warm
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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...
... that the knight and the
Red King were one and the same."
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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...
... 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...
... 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
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alley as they tumbled through the air, wailing
like banshees.
There was a de...
... exclaimed,
"There!" and turned the end of the sword hilt
toward the boys.
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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...
... 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...