56/63 I'll go and see." "No--no, Auntie, you mustn't. I--I shan't let you." "I shall! I shall, I tell you! If I've got any common-sense at all, I ain't goin' to be scared of--Of course it's that driver man. He's wonderin' where we are and he's lookin' for us. I'll go let him in." She broke away from Miss Howes' grasp and started for the front hall. If there was one thing on earth that Thankful Barnes did not wish to do at that moment, it was to go nearer the stairs landing to the rooms above. |