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"Good Lord, he nearly had him first ball." Fluff's brother bowled slows of a good length, with an awkward break from the off to the leg. "Teasers," said the Caterpillar, critically. "Hullo! No, my young friend, that may do well enough in Shropshire, not here." A ball breaking sharply from the off had struck the batsman's pad; he had stepped in front of his wicket to cut it.
Fear vanished from the squire's breast, and when dinner was announced he went to partake of it with an excellent appetite. Fluff and he alone had seats at the board; Arnold and Frances were both away. Fluff's eyes were very red. She was untidy, too, and her whole appearance might best be described by the word "disheveled."
"You must come in through the alley," Ruth reminded her mother and aunt; for Gilbert had decided that the guests were to be a part of the surprise for his mother. Gilbert was arranging seats for the company just inside the door of the stable behind a rope stretched from the front to the door of Fluff's stall.
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