Under the Lilacs - Chapter 2

Neither spoke ¹ for a minute, astonishment ² being too great for words; then, as by one impulse, both stole up and touched the cake with a timid finger, quite prepared to see it fly away in some mysterious and startling manner. It remained sitting tranquilly ³ in the basket, however, and the children drew a long breath of relief, for, though they did not believe in fairies, the late performances did seem rather like witchcraft ⁴., ,"The dog didn't eat it!", ,"Sally didn't take it!", , ,"She never would have put it back.", ,"Who did?", ,The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒 。,They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声
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