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　　The days go by
　　The girls had decided¹ to have the two rooms. They were such small rooms,and it would be easier to keep two rooms tidier than one, if two people wereto have them.
　　‘There would never be room for anything it we tried to keep all ourthings in one room,’ said Dinah, and Lucy-Ann agreed. She had been up tosee the tower-room and liked it very much. She would have liked a roomwithout glass panes² too. It was almost as good as sleeping out-of-doors,thought the little girl, as she leaned out of one of the windows, and felt thesea-breeze streaming through her hair.
　　The girls’ two rooms looked out over the sea, but in a different directionfrom the boys’. The Isle³ of Gloom could never be seen from there. Jack⁴ toldLucy-Ann what Joe had said, and Lucy-Ann looked rather alarmed.
　　‘You needn’t worry. Joe’s full of strange beliefs and strange stories,’ saidPhilip with a laugh. ‘There’s nothing in his stories, really – I believe he justlikes frightening people.’
　　It was strange to sleep for the first time at Craggy-Tops. Lucy-Ann layawake for a long time, listening to the muffled⁵ roar of the waves breakingon the rocks below. She heard the wind whistling too, and liked it. Howdifferent it all was from the quiet little town Uncle Geoffrey lived in! Thereeverything seemed half dead – but here there was noise and movement, thetaste of salt on her lips, the feel of the wind through her hair. It wasexciting. Anything might happen at lonely Craggy-Tops.
　　Jack lay awake in the tower-room too. Philip was asleep on the mattressbeside him. Jack got up and went to the window. The room was full of thewind, sweeping⁷ in at the sea-windows. Jack put his head out, and lookeddown.
　　There was a little moon rushing through the clouds. Down below was theswirling water, for the tide was in, beating over the black rocks. Spray flewup on the wind, and Jack felt sure he could feel a little on his cheek, highthough his room was. He licked his lips. They tasted deliciously salty.

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