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The Lighthouse Keeper
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Mara climbed up, but the room at the top was empty. The big old lamp sat cold and dusty under its glass. Yet a fresh cup of tea steamed on the windowsill, and the voice now seemed to come from below her, near the door she'd just entered.
Mara crept back down the stairs, heart pounding. At the bottom stood a man in a yellow rain coat, soaked through. 'Sorry to scare you,' he said. 'I'm with the coast guard. We sent a crew to test the old lamp this week. The steam? That was my tea. I left it upstairs.' Mara almost laughed with relief.
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