'Oh yes, when there's no mustard,' said Jimmy.
'I told Jones not to have any mustard put on them,' answered his aunt; 'and,' she continued, 'if you go to-day I shall give you half-a-crown.'
'Shan't I have the half-crown if I don't go to-day?' asked Jimmy eagerly.
'I hope you will go,' she said. 'But you must not spend it in waste.'
'I won't,' cried Jimmy.
'I don't suppose you will stay with your Aunt Ellen long,' said Miss Morton, 'because there is no doubt your father and mother will soon be in England, and then they will be able to look after you. Now,' she added, 'if you think you can keep still and not fidget, you may sit down by the window and watch for the telegram.'
Jimmy lifted the tabby cat off the chair, and took it on his knees as he sat down. While he sat stroking the cat he really did not feel much doubt about the telegram. He wanted it to come so much that he felt sure it would come soon, and surely enough it arrived before eleven o'clock.
Jimmy rose from his chair as Jones brought it into the room on a tray, and the tabby cat dug its claws into his jacket and clung to him, so that Jimmy found it rather difficult to put it down. He did not take his eyes from Miss Morton's face all the time she was reading the telegram.
'It is extremely fortunate I wrote yesterday,' she exclaimed.
'Am I to go?' asked Jimmy eagerly.