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She wanted to ask Madame how long the firm was likely to endure, but to do this might lead to the betrayal of confidence; meanwhile she fired inquiries, and Madame, eager to gain her approval of the suggestion, answered each one promptly. Bunny was not to be reduced in wages; only in position.
Bubbling over with fun, he would pretend to make a great mystery as to the Kama Shastra Society at Benares, where he declared the Nights were being printed. A Visit to Mr. Arbuthnot's. Of all the visits to be made during this holiday Burton had looked forward to none with so much pleasure as those to Mr. Arbuthnot, or "Bunny," as he called him, and Mr. Payne. Mr.
Splash, who was being held by Bunny and Sue, gave a sudden bark. Then he gave a sudden jump. He went so quickly that he pulled Bunny and Sue after him, and they both fell down in the dirt. But it was soft, so they were not hurt. They had to let go of Splash's collar, though, and the dog now began to run after the fox, barking again and again. "Splash! Splash!" cried Bunny. "Come back.
For that is what they named the place where the tents were set up under the trees on the edge of the big woods and by a beautiful lake. Neither Bunny nor Sue had ever been to the end of these big woods, nor had Mr. Brown, though some day he hoped to go. The summer was about half over. Mrs.
"I don't," Sue said. "He can have all of mine." Bunny Brown and his sister Sue had not yet learned to like the crusts of their bread. But Splash was not so particular. The wind was now blowing harder, and the rain was flowing in the front of the cave. It blew in the faces of the children. "Come on farther back," said Bunny, as he saw Sue wrapping her dress around her doll to keep off the rain.
I only wished they contained a better cigarette; but a notorious brand was essential; a box of Sullivans would have brought me to life to-morrow." "But they oughtn't to open it to-morrow." "Nor will they, as a matter of fact. Meanwhile, Bunny, I may call upon you to dispose of the boodle." "I'm on for any mortal thing!"
And then Bunny, half-laughing, half-apologetic, turned to his brother-in-law. "I can't help being decent to Charlie, Jake. I don't care a damn what they say." Jake gave him a straight look from under his rough red brows. "I'm not blaming you," he said. Someone was singing a baby lullaby very softly in the beautiful room with the bay window that looked straight over the rolling down.
Larpent's eyes came definitely down to him, grimly contemptuous. "Do you also suppose that would be the same thing?" he said. Bunny flushed a little, but he accepted the rebuff with a good grace. "I don't know, sir. You see, I've never been the captain of a yacht." Larpent's hard visage relaxed a little. He resumed his contemplation of the distant pine-woods in silence.
His mother had often told him that when she wanted him to go to sleep in a dark room, or when only the hall light was dimly burning. So Bunny thought that would be a good thing to tell Sue. "Shut your eyes, and you won't see the dark," said Bunny Brown. But, really, it was not very dark in the tent, after the two children had stood there awhile.
He was given some of Uncle Tad's old clothes, that seemed to fit him very well, so he could no longer be called the "ragged boy," and he went in swimming so often, often taking Bunny and Sue along, that all three were as "clean as whistles," Mrs. Brown said. No word had been heard from Mr. Bixby about his missing helper, but Mr. Brown had not given up making inquiries about the "needles."
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