The two pair of blue eyes looked at each other piteously; then the eyelids drooped, and big tears slowly welled out from underneath them; the twins flung their arms about each other, and, sitting down on the little bit of dusty grass that bordered the highway, burst into loud and despairing sobs.
CHAPTER XII.
GOOD-BYE TO "US."
| "And as the evening twilight fades away, |
| The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day." |
| Morituri Salutamus. |
By slow degrees their sobs exhausted themselves. Pamela leant her head against Duke and shut her eyes.
"I am so tired, bruvver," she said. "If us could only get some quiet place out of the sun I would like to lie down and go to sleep. Wouldn't you, bruvver?"
"I don't know," said Duke.
"I wonder if the birds would cover us up wif leaves," said Pamela dreamily, "like those little children long ago?"
"That would be if us was dead," said Duke. "Oh sister, you don't think us must be going to die!"