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The children felt their spirits rise.
“Where has the thingummy got to,I wonder ?”said Jill.
“The Marsh-wiggle,”said Scrubb,as if he were rather proud of knowing the word. “I expect—hullo,that must be him.”And then they both saw him,sitting with his back to them,fishing, about fifty yards away. He had been hard to see at first because he was nearly the same colour as the marsh and because he sat so still.
“I suppose we’d better go and speak to him,”said Jill. Scrubb nodded. They both felt a little nervous.
As they drew nearer,the figure turned its head and showed them a long thin face with rather sunken cheeks,a tightly shut mouth,a sharp nose,and no beard. He was wearing a high, pointed hat like a steeple,with an enormously wide flat brim. The hair,if it could be called hair,which hung over his large ears was greeny-grey,and each lock was flat rather than round, so that they were like tiny reeds. His expression was solemn, his complexion muddy,and you could