There seemed nothing odd about Luke to begin with – except perhaps the snakes. If they were snakes, that is… David wasn’t sure."Just kindle a flame and I’ll be with you," says Luke. David thinks he’s joking, but certainly, whenever he strikes a match, Luke appears immediately.But David’s new friend seems to have some extraordinary friends and relations, and some very dark secrets. And when David enters into a bargain with the mysterious one-eyed Mr Wedding, life gets very hot indeed!
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Diana Wynne Jones. Eight Days of Luke
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE The First Trouble
CHAPTER TWO The Second Trouble
CHAPTER THREE Luke
CHAPTER FOUR The Third Trouble
CHAPTER FIVE The Fire
CHAPTER SIX Mr Chew
CHAPTER SEVEN Flowers
CHAPTER EIGHT Mr Wedding
CHAPTER NINE The Raven
CHAPTER TEN Thursday
CHAPTER ELEVEN The Frys
CHAPTER TWELVE The Sisters
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Wallsey
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Thunderly Hill
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EIGHT DAYS OF LUKE
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David was very quiet and very careful of his manners. He did not want Aunt Dot to notice he was still in the same clothes, and he did not want Uncle Bernard to notice him at all. For a while he was lucky. Uncle Bernard and Astrid were busy with their usual contest to see who could be illest. Uncle Bernard began it by asking Astrid in a gentle, failing voice how she was.
“Oh, not too bad, Dad-in-law,” she answered bravely. “It’s only one of my heads this evening. How are you?”
