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'Alexa!' he called. 'Alexa! Stop! Stop this!'
Now he could hear another sound. Weaker. Quieter. What was it? A girl?
'Mr Burge . . . Mr Burge
.' 'Who is it?' he said. 'What's happening?'
'It's Claire: the girl called.
'Claire? I don't
know anybody called Claire,' he said. It was suddenly
difficult to stand up. He put a hand on the tower
wall.
Claire?
Claire? He
did know a Claire. Now who -?
And then he remembered! Claire was the name of the girl
-the daughter of
the man two hundred years ago at the castle. And she died because the witch did
not help her.
Her name was Claire. He remembered reading it in a book at
the cottage.
'Claire?' he said. 'You're Claire? But Claire is dead.'
Some other thing said the name now.'
Claire . . . ?’ Something near him. A
woman? He could hear it. He could hear the name in the sound of the fire.
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