7/12 Now, then, Bobbie, item four ?" "Maps," said Bobbie. "I wish I was coming with you." "Do," they all cried. "If I were to go away before September, I should get the sack, and then I should starve. His Lordship is sufficiently cross with me now, because I had to give him out leg-before at the annual estate match last Saturday, when I was umpiring. He couldn't stand anything else." That night Mrs.Avory, Uncle Christopher, Mr.Scott, and Mr.Lenox were talking after dinner. |