Autobiographical notes . ut father and mother, she added. Dont you play games ? Why, when thereare so many of you, you should have no endof fun. So we do, replied Gwen eagerly. Betty « T—.T^T T^ -r^-r,,^ » 64 UNCLE PER. and I have a shop, and Henry has a bank, andthe others have houses, and we have suchfun. *I am sure you must, said Mr. Denham. I hope you will show me all the houses, andperhaps I may join the game. Gwendoline almost jumped with looked up shyly, under the brim of herhat, to see if he meant it seriously. He wassmiling good-naturedly, and it was evident hemeant all h
Autobiographical notes . ut father and mother, she added. Dont you play games ? Why, when thereare so many of you, you should have no endof fun. So we do, replied Gwen eagerly. Betty « T—.T^T T^ -r^-r,,^ » 64 UNCLE PER. and I have a shop, and Henry has a bank, andthe others have houses, and we have suchfun. *I am sure you must, said Mr. Denham. I hope you will show me all the houses, andperhaps I may join the game. Gwendoline almost jumped with looked up shyly, under the brim of herhat, to see if he meant it seriously. He wassmiling good-naturedly, and it was evident hemeant all he said. Do you—will you really play with usifaltered Gwen, in a low voice. Play with you ? Why, of course, if I may,said Mr. Denham. Gwendoline fairly danced in her seat. Oh,how could she wait to tell Betty! Martin flicked the pony with her switch, andthey were soon wheeling slowly up the hillyavenue to the Vicarage. Gwendoline sprangnimbly out, and ran round to open the halldoor before she went to pet the faithful. Acnv, Bal<y ^; said Betty, you arc to live luit/i Dotothyin that little house. Page 65. ** UNCLE PER. 65 Maggie. Nurse met them in the hall, andtook Mr. Denham away. Gwendoline flew upstairs, and burst into thebedroom she shared with Betty. Betty was sitting up in bed, waiting eagerlyfor what news her sistermigrht have. 0 Betty (exclaimedGwen, in an excitedundertone, ^^ hes aw-fully nice, and he talkedthe whole way home,and hes going to playwith us, he says ; andhe says we must showhim all our houses. * How lovely ! Shutthe door, though; he might be lurking about,whispered Betty. ** Xow, come along; bequick and undress, and tell me all about it. Gwendoline and Betty talked late that night,and it was not until Kitty, with tears in her a,063) 5
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