Legate joined the cheers with the others. "Hurray! Hurray! Jolly old Nerwen! Who would have thought that, eh? "
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...But when he had a moment to stop and think, he began wondering once again. Nerwen's age was truly an accomplishment, but how came?
"It will have to be paid for," he muttered to himself. "It isn't natural, and trouble will come of it!"
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