And he did.
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But Miss Polliter (who left the doctor’s charge, cured, to his great disgust, the next day) persisted to her dying day that the river had flooded and that the hose-pipe had nothing to do with it.
And she sent William a pound note the next week in an envelope marked “For a brave boy.”
And, as William remarked bitterly, he jolly well deserved it....
Transcriber’s Notes:
Variations in spelling and hyphenation are retained.
Perceived typographical errors have been changed.