Part 26 (1/2)
The boys and Mollie watched hi, Mollie thought, re her conversation with Aunt Mary It was rather like a ga waret? They tried to catch the disjointed words that fell froain, ”and a place for the flier--why not a car--a--a--a box like an engine-driver's, with handles for controlling--”
In thebreathlessly, there arose a vividly distinct ilish sky How s ceased It seerown very still She fancied that she could alrass; there was a faint stir of leaves as a stray breeze caled with that stir--a far-away hulish children looked at each other Was this one of Grizzel's miracles? Their eyes turned to the sky--yes, there it cae rough song
Prue dropped her work and stood up, Grizzel let fall her pencil and clung to Prue, Hugh leapt to his feet and ran down the steps, his face upturned to the clouds
”Oh, what is it?” he cried ”What is it? Who are you?”
The aeroplane swooped down as the bird had done, till it was straight overhead, then, with a lovely curve, it skis outstretched as the bird's had been, away into the distant blue!
Hugh held out his aro!” he cried ”Colish children looked at each other again, and froht it,” whispered Jerry, ”it was a Time-traveller”
Mollie turned to the Australians The sunlight fell on Hugh's pale face, on Grizzel's ruddy curls; there was a faint sht our Tiood- bye! No, no, Prue! Oh--_this_ tiood-bye!”
”No, no--I don't want to wake up yet! It is too soon! I haven't said good-bye Not yet, Aunt Mary!”
”It's not 'good-bye', ot to say! You have been drea too hard, child”
Mollie sat up and rubbed her eyes in bewilder there and shed, when Mollie had released her stranglehold ”I ca, and partly to ask Grannie and Aunt Mary if they would like two uests Would it bore you unutterably to have to entertain your twin and Jerry Outraht?”
”Oh, Mother! Not really! How perfectly lovely! Why?”
”Measles at school; so they are closing a month early, and it would be _such_ a boon to Mrs Outram and me if the boys could be quarantined away froe wo a course of Manners--the beautiful capital-M Manners of her young days”
Mollie laughed as she gave her
”You are all frauds,” she said ”Don't talk to uess they weren't one pin better than ours I hope dick and Jerry are co soon”
”To-morro, I'll have soain I stole Father's car, as he has gone down to Bournemouth So there's no time to waste What beautiful strawberries!”
”They are ready just in tinly
CHAPTER VIII
How it Ended
dick and Jerry arrived on the following et away froreen country, from the discipline and restrictions of school to the benevolent and generous rule of Grannie's household, fros, to Martha's delicious scones and unlih to make any thirteen-year-old schoolboy radiantly cheerful There was plenty to do at Chauncery, too; a first-class tennis-court and an aunt who played for her county; excellent golf and the saolf as she was at tennis; a pony to be ridden or driven, several dogs and a new litter of puppies, and last but not least, Mollie, and the mystery of the Time-travellers to be talked over