10/17 I won't tell you." "Mr.Dod--Dicky, haven't we been friends from infancy!" "Played with the same rattle. Cut our teeth together." "Well then----" "Well then," he said, "do you mind putting your parasol straight? He said he didn't think it was a privilege that should be extended to all cases." "He did, did he ?" I rejoined calmly. "That's like the British--isn't it ?" "It would have made such a complication if I'd kicked him," confessed Mr.Dod. Mr.Mafferton stooped to add a poppy to a slender handful of wild flowers he held out to her. |