2/21 "We almost upset just then." George declined to heed this advice. "Because there's too much pink in your cheeks for a snowflake," he continued. "What's that fairy story about snow-white and rose-red--" "We're going pretty fast, Mr.Minafer!" "Well, you see, I'm only here for two weeks." "I mean the sleigh!" she explained. "We're not the only people on the street, you know." "Oh, they'll keep out of the way." "That's very patrician charioteering, but it seems to me a horse like this needs guidance. I'm sure he's going almost twenty miles an hour." "That's nothing," said George; but he consented to look forward again. |