. Dream days . THE TWENTY-FIRST OF OCTOBER 13 Harold ran off at once, true to the stern systemof discipline in which he had been nurtured. Buthis eyes were like round Os, andas he ran he talked fast to himself,in evident disorder of mind. The pea-sticks made a rare blaze, and the fire, no longer smouldering sullenly, leapt up and began to assume the appearance of a genuine V bonfire. Harold, awed into silence. 14 DREAM DAYS at first, began to jump round it with shouts oftriumph. SeHna looked on grimly, with knittedbrow ; she was not yet fully satisfied. Cantyou get any more sticks ? she said p
. Dream days . THE TWENTY-FIRST OF OCTOBER 13 Harold ran off at once, true to the stern systemof discipline in which he had been nurtured. Buthis eyes were like round Os, andas he ran he talked fast to himself,in evident disorder of mind. The pea-sticks made a rare blaze, and the fire, no longer smouldering sullenly, leapt up and began to assume the appearance of a genuine V bonfire. Harold, awed into silence. 14 DREAM DAYS at first, began to jump round it with shouts oftriumph. SeHna looked on grimly, with knittedbrow ; she was not yet fully satisfied. Cantyou get any more sticks ? she said presently. Go and hunt about. Get some old hampersand matting and things out of the up that old cucumber frame Edwardshoved you into, the day we were playing scoutsand Mohicans. Stop a bit ! Hooray ! I come along with me. Hard by there was a hot-house, Aunt Elizasspecial pride and joy, and even grimly approvedof by the gardener. At one end, in an out-houseadjoining, the necessary firing was stored ; andto this sacred fuel, of which we were strictlyforbidden to touch a stick, Selina went followed obediently, prepared for anycrime after that of the pea-sticks, but pinchinghimself to see if he were really awake. You bring some coals, said SeHna, briefly,without any palaver or pro-and-con discussion. Heres a basket. /// manage the faggots ! In a very few minutes the
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