9/17 We both need one after the trouble we have been through. I think a run up to London would brace us up. Would you like it ?" "I don't know," said Roger shortly. "I don't think so." "It is trying to you, I am sure, to remain here, in your delicate health, among so many sad associations--" "I'm quite well, thank you," said the boy. "Tom, how does the football get on ?" "Oh," said Tom, rather taken aback by the introduction of so congenial a theme from so unexpected a quarter, "I've not played very much lately. |