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"Oh no; I'm not tired," he said. "Isn't it lovely coming out, don't you think? I saw a sloe-bush in blossom and a lot of celandines. I'm glad it's sunny." "Can I give you anything to eat or to drink?" "No, thank you." "How's your mother?" "I think she's tired now. I think she's had too much to do. Perhaps in a little while she'll go to Skegness with me. Then she'll be able to rest.
Christmas was spent at Skegness, and in spite of alarms and excursions we had an excellent regimental dinner, very largely due to the generosity of our friends in Scotland. The ladies of the Regiment opened subscription lists for "Comforts" for the Regiment, and everyone who was asked not only gave but gave generously.
His brother, who had been trying to make a conversation with Reggie, while Tricksy sat shyly on his other side, looked up with a smile. 'The steamer went close under some fine rocks, not far from the village, he said; 'very high ones, with birds sitting in rows, all the way up, and making an awful screaming. 'Yes, said Allan, 'those are the Skegness Cliffs, a great nesting-place of the birds.
I should have taken to gardening, to walks in the Park, with an occasional theatre, and I should have thoroughly enjoyed a fortnight every summer at Skegness or Sutton-on-Sea. We should have saved a little money. I should have gone to church regularly, and if possible I should have filled some minor public offices. You may call this bourgeois it was my idea of happiness." "Was!" she murmured.
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