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Callum pulled a sgian dubh from out of his stocking and slammed it into the door-frame, where it lodged deep into the wood.
“They call it the black knife,” he said. “But it is true steel. That’ll keep the witches frae’ your door at least, Mistress Nansie! Dia leat!”
Nansie squeezed his hand.
“Dia leat! God with you too, my son!”
Callum crossed himself, touched the blade of the sgian dubh for luck and then padded softly down the stairs after the others.
“Tapadh leat mo mhàthair!” he called bac
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The kid was swell. He was walking in the street, instead of on the sidewalk, but right next to the curb. He was making out like he was walking a very straight line, the way kids do, and the whole time he kept singing and humming. I got up closer so I could hear what he was singing. He was singing that song, 'If a body catch a body coming through the rye.' He had a pretty little voice, too. He was just singing for the hell of it, you could tell. The cars zoomed by, brakes screeched all over the p
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― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
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