“How did you get the idea to help Andrew?” laughed Di.
“Oh, but that was quite different,” said Gaston, “that came, because I did know so exactly, oh, so very exactly, what he was feeling.”
“But then,” asked Marygold, in genuine astonishment, “but then, Gaston, had you ever been tied up in a bee-hive?”
“No,” said Gaston, simply, “but I had been lonely, too.”
| Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: |
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| she was nurse to years ago=> she was nurse two years ago {pg 2} |
| their natual protectors=> their natural protectors {pg 10} |
| Andrew annouced after dinner=> Andrew announced after dinner {pg 29} |
| to be ignominously routed=> to be ignominiously routed {pg 46} |
| It you were one of our fellows at school=> If you were one of our fellows at school {pg 99} |
| hopping and and dancing a little=> hopping and dancing a little {pg 118} |
| Gaston dashed passed me=> Gaston dashed past me {pg 119} |
| Dalzant’s Martha’s contemptuous pity=> Delzant’s Martha’s contemptuous pity {pg 120} |
| pommes de terre sautèes=> pommes de terre sautées {pg 120} |
| teasing was quite as merciless as the boys=> teasing was quite as merciless as the boys’ {pg 130} |
| By this time, Di’s curiousity=> By this time, Di’s curiosity {pg 134} |
| you do know all about it quite well, you only pretending not to=> you do know all about it quite well, you are only pretending not to {pg 135} |
| There wouldn’t be be much real=> There wouldn’t be much real {pg 152} |
| said Lobbie=> said Libbie {pg 154} |
| It sound rather eerie, doesn’t it?=> It sounds rather eerie, doesn’t it? {pg 155} |
| cried Hubert and Marygold in one breadth=> cried Hubert and Marygold in one breath {pg 162} |
| These dorlorous plaints=> These dolorous plaints {pg 187} |