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Bertie went off , and three hours later Dias relieved Harry . As soon as it was light the next morning Bertie and José set to work to fill the cases -- there were a hundred squibs and fifty large crackers . Donna Maria after breakfast went out and returned with a number of flexible sticks of about half an inch in diameter ; these she carried into her tent , where she shut herself up for the forenoon . When , at one o'clock , she came out with the result of her work , it resembled a chair without legs and with a back about a foot wide and three feet high . `` What in the world have you got there , Donna Maria ? '' Bertie asked . `` Do n't you know ? ''