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The Phoenix and the Carpet

CHAPTER 11
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Wouldn't you like to come with us ?' '_I_ was just going to say that,' said Robert, in injured tones, 'only I know how rude it is to interrupt.

Do come, Phoenix, old chap; it will cheer you up.

It'll make you laugh like any thing.

Mr Bourchier always makes ripping plays.

You ought to have seen "Shock-headed Peter" last year.' 'Your words are strange,' said the Phoenix, 'but I will come with you.
The revels of this Bourchier, of whom you speak, may help me to forget the weight of my years.' So that evening the Phoenix snugged inside the waistcoat of Robert's Etons--a very tight fit it seemed both to Robert and to the Phoenix--and was taken to the play.
Robert had to pretend to be cold at the glittering, many-mirrored restaurant where they ate dinner, with father in evening dress, with a very shiny white shirt-front, and mother looking lovely in her grey evening dress, that changes into pink and green when she moves.


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