That's what I want to say.

Must you write to him, Mother?
Couldn't we keep Jim, and not say anything to his people till he's well?
It would be such a surprise for them." "Well, yes," said Mother, laughing, "I think it would." "You see," Peter went on, "of course the girls are all right and all that--I'm not saying anything against THEM.

But I should like it if I had another chap to talk to sometimes." "Yes," said Mother, "I know it's dull for you, dear.

But I can't help it.

Next year perhaps I can send you to school--you'd like that, wouldn't you ?" "I do miss the other chaps, rather," Peter confessed; "but if Jim could stay after his leg was well, we could have awful larks." "I've no doubt of it," said Mother.