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THE BAT.
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understand the language of ocular expression
(mind you, the eyes were upside-down to
me, so I may have interpreted it wrongly),
said :—
" I was born in a sepulchre!" (at this the
little girl shuddered involuntarily, and moved
closer to me) " and there I used to hang on
my mother’s breast, just as you may see my
little twins, all of us always upside down ; and
in our family we are always born twins. When
my mother flew out of a night to gather fruit and
insects, she used to hang us up on the wall by
our thumbs, stuck into any crevice, or hooked
to any nail, always upside down."
" Oh, how funny!" said the boys ; "just like
clothes on pegs in a wardrobe !"
"She knew where to find her little ones then,
when she returned," I said.
The bat continued :—
" The sepulchre belonged to the family of an
old Irish baronet, whose remains lay buried
there, and it was a peaceful and most suitable
habitation for us. The old baronet and his
deceased wife had been good people in their days,
and sometimes there would come to the tomb
a haggard-looking woman. She wore widow’s
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