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So saying, he shut the door, and the coachman drove away. When they arrived at the door of the hotel, the landlord, who came out to see who had come, supposed at once that his new guests must be Mr. Holiday's children; so he sent them up immediately to their father's parlor, where the breakfast table had been set, and their father, and mother, and Thanny were waiting for them.
"Thanny, be quiet! Don't make such a noise." "Speak pleasantly, Rollo," said Mary. "Well, Thanny," said Rollo, taking hold of his arm, and gently turning him away from the door, "go and blow your bugle somewhere else, because we want to see our curiosities."
It was determined to try the effect of this remedy upon Mr. Holiday, and so he went to Europe. Mrs. Holiday went with him. They took Thanny too, to be company for them on the way. Thanny was at this time about seven years old. A child of that age, for a travelling companion, is sometimes a source of great pleasure, and sometimes, on the other hand, he is the means of great annoyance and vexation.
Thanny made no reply; but, being spoken to pleasantly, he turned around and went galloping off, and seeing the cat upon the fence, he ran up and began trumpeting at her to frighten her away. In the mean time, Rollo's father and mother looked over the curiosities, as they had done many a time before.
"There's Thanny," said Lucy; "let him vote." "Well," said Mary, "and that will break the tie." "O, Thanny can't vote," said Rollo; "he can't write a word." "He can vote without writing," said Mary. "Thanny, come here. Which do you think will make the best secretary, Rollo, or Lucy?" "Why Lucy," said Thanny, after some hesitation. "Lucy, he says; so Lucy is chosen," said Mary.
"Now, Lucy, you must be secretary; but I forgot to bring out some paper." Rollo looked a little disappointed. He had hoped to have been secretary himself. So when Nathan came back to his seat, he began to punch him a little, good-naturedly, with his thumb, saying, "Me why didn't you say me, Thanny? Hey, Thanny! Why did not you say me?"
Holiday had adopted her as their own child, so that ever since that time she had lived with Rollo and Nathan as their sister. Rollo's father and mother had gone to Europe to make a tour, a year before this time, and had taken Rollo's brother Nathan, or Thanny, as Rollo used most frequently to call him, with them. They had gone partly for pleasure, but more especially on account of Mr.
Mary said, "No, Thanny, this is a society; come, don't you want to belong to the society?" "Yes," said Nathan; and down went his whip upon the floor, and he came trotting along towards Mary. Mary told him to sit down upon the seat next to Rollo.
Holiday's health grew worse, and he seemed too ill to return. This was in the month of May. It was decided by the physician, that it would not be best for him to attempt to return until September, and perhaps not until the following spring. Mrs. Holiday was herself very much disappointed at this result. She, however, submitted to it very cheerfully. "I must be as good as Thanny," said she.
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