23/32 He's one of the men I look up to. It 's odd he never comes to see you, because he's fond of you; the right sort of father! Big men can't be always looking after little boys. Not that we're so young, though, now. Lots of fellows of our age have done things fellows write about. I feel--' Temple sat up swelling his chest to deliver an important sentiment; 'I feel uncommonly thirsty.' So did I.We attributed it to the air of the place, Temple going so far as to say that it came off the chalk, which somehow stuck in the throat. |