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He rose from the chair where he was sitting and went and stood by the marble mantelpiece. The black tie which he wore seemed to accentuate his fairness, and it was a boyish, unheroic figure which leaned against the whiteness of the marble mantelpiece as he began his puzzling tale. It did not take very long in the telling, and until he had finished Toffy did not speak.
'No, I suppose it does not, and he added, in a heavy voice, 'I believe Toffy would like me to look after the boy. It may be a fraud yet, he said truculently, 'and it will require investigation. 'I know my mother's writing, said Peter, 'and Purvis was in the act of trying to burn the box before we took him off the steamer.
'He has a good mount, said Peter, 'and I don't think it is much good trying to persuade Toffy not to ride. 'Kitty Sherard says she has laid the whole of her fortune on him, said Jane, 'so let 's hope that will bring him luck.
It was worth while taking a midnight ride for such a good fellow, although he had had a very fair notion of what was in one of the letters, and entirely disapproved its contents. The last mail had brought news that Horace Avory was ill, and Peter knew quite well that Toffy had written to Mrs. Avory.
"It comes from eating too much toffy," said Georgina. "I told her it would." "How very nasty you are!" said Miss Carroll. "Do leave the child and her ailments alone!" "Poor papa isn't very well, either," said Sophy, who was supposed to be her father's pet. "I hope his state of health will not debar him from dining with his friends to-night," said Miss Grey.
'The Wrottesley boy and I were going out fishing early, and we found Toffy sitting in the middle of the road with a motor-car hung in a tree. 'You see, said Toffy, in his grave, low voice, 'I have made up my mind for some time past to travel by night because it saves hotel bills. 'But it doesn't cost you much to sleep in your own bed, Toffy, protested Jane.
Having a sincere affection for life, and not being like Portia 'aweary of this great world, I consider it my duty to take all due precautions, and therefore pardonnez-moi for tasting the toffy."
I'll admit, though, that the fur-posts aren't what they were when I was a boy. You can get anything you like now, from an umbrella to a stick of toffy." "Where?" asked John, suddenly, amid general laughter. "The toffy? I'm sure we'll find some at Peace River Landing, along with plows and axes and sewing-machines, and all that sort of thing!"
I am sure this will be excellent toffy, but Dick, you shocking boy! whatever are you doing? Licking the spoon, I declare. How very vulgar!" and Winnie opened her eyes in horrified amazement at her brother's lack of good-breeding. "Well, you see, Win," replied the culprit meekly, "you so often make mistakes and put in some awful compound that I am obliged to guard against being poisoned.
He would keep his promise to Tess pray that something might come into her life if somebody went out. "Mother," said Teola, changing the subject abruptly, "why can't we have a toffy pull. I want one so badly." "It's such a messy thing," sighed Mrs. Graves, looking about upon the tidy home, "and not one of you young people can keep your sticky hands from the curtains and furniture.
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