[A Jolly Fellowship by Frank R. Stockton]@TWC D-Link bookA Jolly Fellowship CHAPTER XXII 18/20
He had supposed the whole thing settled, and now to find that the terrible injustice--as he considered it--was still going on, was too much for him. "Do you sit there and tell me that, sir ?" he exclaimed, jumping up and skipping over to Mr.Colbert.
"Do you call yourself----" "Father!" cried Corny.
"Keep perfectly cool! Remain just where you are!" Uncle Chipperton stopped as if he had run against a fence.
His favorite advice went straight home to him. "Very good, my child," said he, turning to Corny.
"That's just what I'll do." And he said no more about it. Now, everybody began to talk about all sorts of things, so as to seem as if they hadn't noticed this little rumpus, and we agreed that we must all see each other again the next day.
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