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“Indeed, yes,” Kammy said, her dark eyes flashing. “His reply was that he was sure the bird would come back to me. He was only playing a joke.”
“Kammy,” said Nancy, giving her new friend a kiss, “please forgive us all for having been suspicious of you from time to time. I realize now why you felt you could not tell us your story.”
The two girls stood up, smiled broadly at each other, then went downstairs. Mr. Drew had just arrived and the whole group sat around the living room enjoying the snack and swapping stories about the mystery. As often happened when Nancy finished work on a case, she began to wonder what the next one would be. It proved to be a highly exciting adventure,
Mystery of the Glowing Eye.
She was brought back to the present as her father surprised everyone by an announcement. “Just before I left the house,” he said, “I had a phone call from Chief Pepper. He told me that each of the five councilmen wanted Nancy Drew to know that they had voted to award the building contract to another company and to accept her plan for the complex of apartment houses.
“Oscar, you are to stay here. Your property will not be condemned and you will not have to sell.”
A great shout of delight went up from the listeners and tears of joy filled the eyes of both Oscar and his wife Martha.
“You are such wonderful people,” Oscar said. “I—we—”
He found it difficult to finish. Nancy relieved him of having to say anything more. Grinning, she declared:
“I forgot to tell you all that the Grand Master at that strange barn actually dubbed me a witch. Somebody had better unjinx me double-quick!”

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