The Deptford Mice 3: The Final Reckoning
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Audrey had travelled with them, and while Arthur and the others were inspecting the wreckage and tutting at the devastation she slipped into the cellar and hunted till she found what she sought.
On a moonless, May night, when the stars blazed in the heavens, she took leave of her family and made her way up the hill to the overgrown chambers of the old squirrel colony. With the starlight burning on her brow she took a small pendant from the pocket of her dress and held it up to the celestial lamps. Their white fire flickered over the silver acorn in her paw and then Audrey tied it round her neck and her beauty was that of another world. With a sad smile on her lips she became the new Starwife, Handmaiden of Orion.
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