[Sevenoaks by J. G. Holland]@TWC D-Link bookSevenoaks CHAPTER XIII 22/41
They all remember you, and they are all homesick. They'll be glad to look at anything from Sevenoaks." Harry was not reassured: he was only more intensely frightened.
A giant, endeavoring to entice him into his cave in the woods, would not have terrified him more.
At length he found his tongue sufficiently to say that he was going to school, and could not go in. It was easy for Mr.Belcher to take his hand, limp and trembling with fear, and under the guise of friendliness to lead him up the steps, and take him to his room.
Thede watched them until they disappeared, and then ran back to his home, and reported what had taken place.
Mrs. Balfour was alone, and could do nothing.
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