[Brother Copas by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch]@TWC D-Link book
Brother Copas

CHAPTER XVII
4/29

.

But it's not to be thought of.

I'd be sure to talk in my sleep." "He seems to be a very unselfish person," observed Branny.
"At any rate, you treat him as such, making him wait all this while for the delight of seeing you happy." Corona knit her brow.
"Now you're talking upsi-downly, like Uncle Copas," she said.
"You don't mean that Timmy's unselfish, but that I'm selfish.
Of course, you don't _realise_ how good he is; nobody does but me, and it's not to be es-pected.

But all the same, I s'pose I've been thinking too much about myself." Corona's was a curiously just mind, as has already been said.
Nurse Branscome had a happy inspiration.
"Couldn't we make new clothes for Timmy, and surprise him with them at the same time ?" Corona clapped her hands.
"Oh, Branny, how beautiful! Yes--a Beauchamp gown, just like Daddy's! Why-ever didn't we think of it before ?" "A _what_ ?" "A Beauchamp gown.

.


<<Back  Index  Next>>

D-Link book Top

TWC mobile books