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CHAPTER X.

THE OTHER PROFESSOR.

"We were looking for you !" cried Sylvie, in a tone of great relief. "We do want you so much, you ca’n’t think!"

"What is it, dear children?" the Professor asked, beaming on them with a very different look from what Uggug ever got from him.

"We want you to speak to the Gardener for us," Sylvie said, as she and Bruno took the old man's hands and led him into the hall.

"He's ever so unkind!" Bruno mournfully added. "They's all unkind to us, now that Father's gone. The Lion were much nicer!"

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