What will you feel like if you find Ingleside
burned down when yougo home?
He was alwaysscaring himself with his own fancies.
Walter dramatized andpersonified everything in his small world
Mother and Father used to, but they didnt any
longer. Annes heart, which had stood still at Aunt Mary Marias question,resumed
operations.
Oh, at home now theywould be eating supper, too.
Nothing is impossible for Father, insisted Walter loyally. Have a bite, kid, said
Bill proffering a half-gnawed apple.
Once he fell and bruised and skinned his knee badly
on a stone. With a philosophical shrug she removed her hatand coat. Let us calm down
and pull together, she said in a tremblingvoice.
He loved beauty, andthe roads around Glen
St.
A sort of moonlit rapture was running through the
trees inthe Hollow. IM going torun away, thats what Im going to do, old Susan Baker.
Im sorry, Annie, said Aunt Mary Maria with great humility.
Shell likely be dead before you get home. And
Little Jemshall have his favourite muffins for breakfast. Sposin he went hunting
jaggers in Brazil? Walter huddled in despair against the rail. When bedtime came
Walter found himself put into the little hallbedroom alone.
It will do him worldsof good to give and take with
the Parker fry for a few days. Why, Anne, I believe thatchild is afraid to go
upstairs in the dark. More like a prayer than a grace, Susansniffed over her dishes.
He could not face being left alone with his fear. More like a prayer than a grace,
Susansniffed over her dishes.
Of courseJem wouldnt jump into the pond Iftheres
anything I DO despise its a cry-baby. Im not going to faint, Susan, said Annethrough
white lips. Ill take him over tomorrow, said Gilbert. Itwas so terrible that for one
awful moment he was afraid he wasgoing to cry before them all . I will get it in a
jiffy, said Susan briskly.
Andy stuck his head in at the door for agood-night
benediction. All but the fat, said Walter, blinking valiantly but not yetdaring to
look up.
Both burst into laughter and Bill slapped him on
the back.
But a COMPLETED garden wouldnt really beany fun,
Susan.