12/13 No sooner had he done it than he said, "What on earth made us wait all this time here? I know you, papa," said Annette. But, upon my honour, he's my only friend in England, I have n't a single relative that I know of, and to come and find your only friend making a donkey of himself, is enough to make a man think of eating and drinking." Annette murmured reproachfully: "We can hardly say he is our only friend in England, papa, can we ?" "Do you mean that young fellow? I don't believe he's worth a penny. |