Berry And Co. by Dornford Yates
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the Foundling Hospital. Hullo. That's done it. Blind me first and then
run me down. What are you? A travelling lighthouse or an air-raid? Want to get to Cannon Street? Well, I should go round by sea, if I were you.... Well, if you must know, I'm Mary Pickford about to be trodden to death in _Maelstrom_ or _Safety Last_. You know, you're not racing your engine enough. I can still hear myself think...." His voice grew fainter and stopped. Vigorously I shouted his name. A cold draught, and we swept into the Park. Fitch pulled up on the left-hand side. "Berry, Berry!" I shouted. In the distance I could hear voices, but no one answered me.... In response to my sister's exhortations I re-entered the car, and drew a rug over my shivering limbs. The others put their heads out of the windows and shouted for Berry in unison. There was no reply. For a quarter of an hour we shouted at intervals. Then Jonah took the other lamp and returned to the gate. He did not reappear for ten minutes, and we were beginning to give him up, when to our relief he opened the door. "No good," he said curtly. "We'd better get on. He's probably gone home." "I suppose he's all right," said Daphne, in some uneasiness. |
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