[The Slowcoach by E. V. Lucas]@TWC D-Link bookThe Slowcoach CHAPTER 4 8/12
One is that one likes to know where such gifts come from, and the other is that for a party of children to go away alone, with only Kink, is a great responsibility." (That's a word which mothers are very fond of.) "Suppose they're ill ?" "It's a risk you must take," said Uncle Chris.
"Don't anticipate trouble." "Because," Mrs.Avory went on, "I should not go with them, although I might arrange to meet them here and there on their journey.
They would like me to be with them, I know, and they would like to be without me, I know." "I shouldn't worry about the giver of the present," said Mr.Scott. "You have many friends from whom you would have no objection to accept a caravan, and there's no harm in one of those friends wishing to be anonymous.
As for the other matter, I don't see much risk so long as Kink goes too.
He's a careful and very capable old sport, and Janet's as good a mother as you any day." Mrs.Avory laughed.
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