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"Well, what of it? Maurice found him a soft hidin' place and good pasture on his Dad's farm, didn't he?" Great, black leeches clung to the slimy lily-roots; water lizards lay basking half in and half out of the water, or crept furtively from under-water grotto to grotto. And there were other things which Billy knew were hidden from his sight—things even more loathsome. For the first time in his life he experienced for Nature a feeling akin to dread and loathing. It was like a nightmare to him, menacing, unreal, freighted with strange horrors. "It's got to do with us all, sir, not alone with me," was the answer..
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