The Slowcoach by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
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"Maps," said Bobbie.
"Right," said Mr. Lenox. "I wish I was coming with you." "Do," they all cried. "I can't," said Mr. Lenox. "If I were to go away before September, I should get the sack, and then I should starve. His Lordship is sufficiently cross with me now, because I had to give him out leg-before at the annual estate match last Saturday, when I was umpiring. He couldn't stand anything else." That night Mrs. Avory, Uncle Christopher, Mr. Scott, and Mr. Lenox were talking after dinner. "It's a very wonderful present," said Mrs. Avory; "but there are two things about it that are not quite satisfactory. One is that one likes to know where such gifts come from, and the other is that for a party of children to go away alone, with only Kink, is a great responsibility." (That's a word which mothers are very fond of.) "Suppose they're ill?" "It's a risk you must take," said Uncle Chris. "Don't anticipate trouble." "Because," Mrs. Avory went on, "I should not go with them, although I might arrange to meet them here and there on their journey. They would like me to be with them, I know, and they would like to be without me, I know." "I shouldn't worry about the giver of the present," said Mr. Scott. "You have many friends from whom you would have no objection to accept a caravan, and there's no harm in one of those friends wishing to be anonymous. As for the other matter, I don't see much risk so long as Kink |
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