Out of Time, page 21
“An albatross?”
“Yes. The children call it Bert. Oh…you don’t mind, do you, dear? Perhaps I shouldn’t have let them.”
“Don’t be silly, Peggy,” said Parkson, getting up and walking slowly towards the great white bird that solemnly winked its bright yellow eye and took off in a great flapping of wings.
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