I didn't know it was past six.

Oh, but we've had a bully day, mother! And we've had a fight.

Tod and I were pirates, and Scootsy Mulligan tried to--" Jane stopped the boy's joyous account with a cry of surprise.

They were now walking back to Yardley's gate, hugging the stone wall.
"A fight! Oh, my son!" "Yes, a bully fight; only there were seven of them and only two of us.
That warn't fair, but Mr.Fogarty says they always fight like that.

I could have licked 'em if they come on one at a time, but they got a plank and crawled up--" "Crawled up where, my son ?" asked Jane in astonishment.