FORE:The Curate's eyebrows shot up in amazement. "Magic?" he queried, with a short laugh. "Oh, we didn't bargain for magic. Only the usual sleight of hand.""Oh, General, if you send an officer they'll see the ruse! I can do it! I'll do it all right!"
FORE:At a guess I should say it was, she said.{139}My amazement was genuine. "For our sick soldiers!" I sighed.
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THREE:True, it was an illusion, and man had always known that. For generations he had known that the universe contained more than his limited faculties could perceive. And beauty. There had always been the consoling fact of beauty, lulling the race of man to content, while every now and again a great mind arose and made one more effort to sweep aside the bejewelled splendour that hung between man and his final destinyto know.
