"Oh, I say," said Launcelot, as Tommy and Anne sat down on the floor at the back, with their feet on the step, "that won't do. You sit with Judy, Anne."
But Anne shook her head.
"Tommy and I are going to sit here," she said. "He wants me to tell him all the news."
But that was not all that Tommy wanted, for when they were alone and unseen by those in the front of the wagon, he opened a handkerchief which he had carried knotted into a bundle.
"I brought you some things. They ain't much, but I thought you would like to have them."
There were a half-dozen pink and white shells, a starfish, and a few pretty pebbles.
"I picked them up on the beach," said Tommy, "and I thought you might like them."
"It was awfully good of you to think of me," said little Anne, gratefully.
"I wanted to buy you something," apologized Tommy. "There was some lovely jewelry made out of fish-scales, but I didn't have a cent to spare."
"I would rather have these, really, Tommy," said Anne, with appreciation, "because you found them yourself."