"Non, non!" chorused all three. "You are as young as ever, papa!"
"Sacre blue! Do you name me a liar, my children? Attend, Pierre!"
"Yes, papa."
"I have work for you this night."
The elder son's forehead wrinkled. "But the work, it is over. Our tasks are completed. The workers have been checked, the last cart is in the shed——"
"This is a special task, one which…

— Clifford Ball
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