And he stopped and patted Tiny on the back, saying,
"Ah, my dear boy!—I believe I have to congratulate you."
Then Tiny blushed and answered,
"Well, Sir, we've heard nothing from the King as yet. Still—we hope."
So the Colonel nodded very wisely and said,
"Well, we shall see what we shall see."
And he passed on to Sunday-school: for the Colonel always attended himself, and tried to get the Fellows to come too; only they always had sore throats or something, and couldn't.
Then Tiny ran home, quite sure now.
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And when he got there he found a white paper pinned on to the door, saying,