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  "It may have been a bullpat"said s
    Sophie."Idaresay you found mud from the marshes
    onthem too.A person my age i
    needs a lot ofexercise."
"You were even busier than I realized,then,"said Howl."Because when I happened to tear myeyes from Lettie's lovely face for an
    instantyesterday,I could have sworn I saw your longnose poking round the corner of the house."
"Mrs.Fairfax is a family friend,"said Sophie."How was I to know you would be there too?""You have an instinct,Sophie,that's how,"saidHowl."Nothing is safe from you.If I were tocourt a girl who lived on an iceberg in the middleof an
    ocean,sooner or later-probablysooner-I'd look up to see you swoopingoverhead on a broomstick.In fact,by now I'd bedisappointed in you if I didn't see you."
"Are you off to the iceberg
    today?"
    Sophieretorted."From the look on Lettie's
    faceyesterday,there's nothing t
    that need
    keep youthere!"
“You
    wrong
    me,
    Sophie,"Howl said.
    Hesounded deeply
    injured.