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Holman and Nancy left for the settlement the next morning, with the
suitcases.
Shandy, still in the shape of Uncle Maxwell, they left on the front
steps of the ship. He waved goodbye to them. When they were gone,
he changed slowly into a large teddy bear. Then, with a moist gleam
in his eye, he went back to reading the thick, red-leather, picture
encyclopedia in his lap.