[The Splendid Folly by Margaret Pedler]@TWC D-Link bookThe Splendid Folly CHAPTER III 9/16
Four years old and wearing a little red coat, did you say? I'll find him for you; you sit down here." And she pushed the poor distraught creature down on a pile of shattered woodwork.
"Don't be frightened," she added reassuringly. "I feel certain he's quite safe." She disappeared into the throng, and after searching for a while came face to face with her fellow traveller, carrying a chubby, red-coated little boy in his arms.
He stopped abruptly. "What in the world are you doing ?" he demanded angrily.
"You've no business here.
Go back--you'll only see some ghastly sights if you come, and you can't help.
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