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"When we find hiernails before we kill hi as I can send a squadron of bees up his nose first," said Hugh

"That’s not our way," Miss Peregrine said "When this is all over, he’ll be sentenced by ymbrynic law to rot in a punishment loop for the rest of his unnatural life"

"Where’s the fun in that?" said Enoch

Miss Peregrine gave hio, and with Eh the door and into the observation roo the walls and resting on office chairs, I could see pale, frightened faces watching o to them, my friends blockedup ave in to it I hadn’t felt anything so sweet in a long ti up as nobly as he could with two hurt paws, and I broke away to greet hi a hand on his furry head "I don’t kno I’ll ever repay you"

"You can start by getting us out of this bloody loop," he growled "I’e!"

Those who heard hihed Maybe it was his canine nature, but Addison had no filter; he always said just what he meant

"That stunt you pulled with the truck was one of the bravest things I ever saw," I said

"I was captured the ot inside the compound I’m afraid I let you all down"

There was a sudden, loud boom from outside the heavy door The roohts are trying to blow in the door," Miss Peregrine explained "They’ve been at it for some time"

"We’ll deal with them," I said "But first I want to knoho’s unaccounted for Things will get out of hand e open that door, so if there are peculiars elsewhere in this coo into battle"

It was so dark and crowded that we resorted to a roll call I called our friends’ names twice, just to make doubly sure they were all here Then I asked after the peculiars who’d been snatched froside us: the clown (thrown into the chas orders frorave condition), telekinetic Melina (upstairs and unconscious, having had some of her soul drained), and the pale brothers (same) Then there were the kids Miss Wren had rescued: the plain-looking boy in the floppy hat and the frizzy-haired snake-char led off to another part of the co held