Just then the servant came, and we got the railway guide.
'Look at "f's," Jack,' said Dorothea.
I read some 'f's,' but she shook her head. Then I said to mother—
'Here's one of the places Dr. Marshall was speaking about. "Fewforest," it——'
Cousin Dorothea clapped her hands.
'That's it,' she said joyfully.
'What a coincidence!' said mother.
'I remember about it now,' said Dorothea. 'They were so afraid of fire there, because the village stands close to a thick wood—at least it did then—that the Curfew bell was rung there long after it had been given up in many places. And so it got from Curfew Forest to Fewforest.'
'It must be a jolly old place, mums,' I said. 'Do let's find out about it.'