Only don't!' She put the tray down and hugged the girls in turn.

The boys thumped her on the back with heartfelt affection.
'I'm as well as ever I was in my life,' she said.

'What nonsense about dying! You've been a sitting too long in the dusk, that's what it is.
Regular blind man's holiday.

Leave go of me, while I light the gas.' The yellow light illuminated four pale faces.

'We do love you so,' Anthea went on, 'and we've made you a picture to show you how we love you.