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I can't think why the rain can't always come in term time. It seems a poor arrangement to have it in 'vac., doesn't it?" I think every one instantly felt better. I know one of us did, and it was me. Father lit the gas, and sat down in the armchair and took Alice on his knee. "First," he said, "here is a box of chocs." It was an extra big and beautiful one and Fuller's best.

"And besides the chocs., a piece of good news! You're all asked to a party at Mrs. Leslie's. She's going to have all sorts of games and things, with prizes for every one, and a conjurer and a magic lantern." The shadow of doom seemed to be lifted from each young brow, and we felt how much fonder we were of each other than any one would have thought.

Well, why shouldn't she have a little pleasure? You get her some chocs ... at that shop. ... You know. It'll be the treat of her life. She'll be as grateful to you for it. ... Oh, I'm very glad she's got the chance of going. It'll keep her happy for days!" Jenny, trying with all her might to set the affair straight and satisfy everybody, was appealing to his vanity to salve his vanity.

When you took the part of Daggersdrawn, My bosom swelled with pride To hear your voice of thunder And see your manly stride. You seized the nasty pistols up Without a sign of fear, And thrust and parried with your sword Just like a Cavalier. As you've escaped the lonesome wood For so the story ends I send these chocs, with best regards, And beg we may be friends.

We might not have been so elated had not the "Chocs." been such "nuts" on themselves, for they had been offering ten to one on their chances. The part of the trenches that we occupied was known as "Hog's Back." In front of us was a peculiarly shaped hill called "Whale Back."

"It's sausages!" exclaimed Wendy, opening one of the parcels; "and he's actually bought some lard to fry them in. What a brain and only twelve! That boy'll be a general some day, if he doesn't die of over-cleverness. Biscuits to eat with them, my children, and some chocs. for dessert. I beg to propose that we accord a hearty vote of thanks to Freddie Entwistle." "For he's a jolly good fellow!

"And Tudor too! I met Babbie, while you were inside Carlyon's shop buying chocs, and she told me Tudor started yesterday, and Gwen went last Tuesday to a boarding-school near London. It was decided quite in a hurry because there happened to be a vacancy for her. It's a very fashionable school where they take the girls out to theatres and concerts and all sorts of places.

'I don't want any more things to happen just now. I feel like you do when you've been to three parties in a week like we did at granny's once and extras in between, toys and chocs and things like that. I want everything to be just real, and no fancy things happening at all. 'I don't like being obliged to keep things from mother, said Anthea.

"I remembered your instructions, darling," he announced, when he called on his betrothed at her aunt's house in Mayfair a couple of hours later. "Here we are! Chocs, your favourite brand of cigarettes, a few roses, and er just a little thing here that caught my eyes in Asprey's window, which I thought you might like."

And then stepped in to buy you that little trinket and your precious chocs, and came along home again. Met these fellows on my way across town. Rather nice chaps one of 'em, anyhow. Used to know some friends of friends of his, girl called Ailsa Lorne. And the other one happened to be there so I asked him, too. They won't worry you much, 'Toinette.