“Ho! ho! if I couldn’t draw better than that! Here, let me take your pencil.”
But Flo only gave him a terrible frown, and he backed away, cowering in pretended terror.
But at last the half hour was up, and Peter announced that the manuscripts must be handed in, whether finished or not.
“What luck!” cried Caddy Oram, who had been working diligently, “I’ve just four lines of my Limerick done, so we can make a ‘missing line contest’ of it.”
“Let’s call in father and Nan to hear the reading,” said Patty, “and Flo, why don’t you invite Snippy, if she’d like to come?”
“Oh, she’ll adore to come,” said Flo, and ran in search of her governess.
So the audience was increased by three, and then all sat in readiness to hear the paper read.
Peter and Floyd had arranged the pages, and had added a sort of introduction, and by unanimous invitation Peter was induced to read it.
So in his pleasant, deep voice he read:
“The Roman Punch. A journal written by members of the Wonderers’ Club during their Roam in Rome.