I WOKE WITH A START, my head hurting aching all over. For a moment I didn't know where I was. Indeed, I felt so fuddled I didn't even know who I was. Hetty Feather, Sappire Battersea, Emerald Star [question mark]. I had three names now. Was I Hetty curled up in my soft feather bed in the cottage or shivering in the narrow iron bed in the Foundling Hospital [question mark]. was I sapphire tossing and turning on the servant's truckle bed in the attic or still as a statue in my mermaid's costume at the seaside [question mark]. Was I Emerald still reeking of fish in my nightgown or exhausted in my caravan bunk, with Elijah the elephant trumpeting in the distance [you know what]. I could hear shouting, thumping, scraping. I must be at Tanglefeilds Circus. Oh lord, was Diamond in trouble[.you know ]. I had to protect her. Had that evil Beppo beaten her cruely because of a tumble during her act........
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