12/23 'You know the people next door are very grand. They won't know us--and they go out in a real private carriage sometimes. And they have an "At Home" day, and people come in cabs. I daresay they have piles of plate and jewellery and rich brocades, and furs of price and things like that. Let us keep watch to-night.' 'It's no use watching to-night,' Dicky said; 'if it's only burglars they won't come again. |