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Well, why not?"
It's like a cripple."
It's like a young giant, my dear, and you've no cause to be ashamed of
him."
"You've done something to him, Dandy," she said. "I can see it in your
face."
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Well, it hasn't stopped his growth, anyhow," said Redwood heartlessly.
I knew," said Mrs. Redwood, and clenched her pocket-handkerchief ball
fashion in one hand. She looked at him with a sudden change to severity.
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What have you done to our child, Dandy?"
What's wrong with him?"
He's so big. He's a monster."
Nonsense. He's as straight and clean a baby as ever a woman had. What's
wrong with him?"
"Look at his size."
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That's all right. Look at the puny little brutes about us! He's the
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