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Updated: May 10, 2025
"I see someone awfully like Turly; just there in the distance," said Terry. "Do you see, Mr. "My name's Reilly," said the carter. "Thank you, Mr. Reilly. I'm dreadfully afraid it's Turly!" "Who is Turly, and why are you afraid it's him?" "Turly is my brother, Turlough Trimleston. I'm afraid because he oughtn't to be out riding on a donkey this foggy morning."
"You can't," said Turly. "Wait till you see," said Terry. Turly looked at his sister admiringly, but went on piling up the difficulties she was going to surmount. "You don't know where Connolly's farm is. And when you do, the hens are not yours. Connolly wants to eat his own eggs. Perhaps he's got a gran'ma." "No, he hasn't. And he would rather have money than eggs.
Reilly had pulled up while Turly was being interviewed. The little boy sat on a bare-backed donkey, himself looking rather at loose ends, with evidences of having dressed himself hastily without any finishing-up from Nurse Nancy. "How did you ever do it, Turly?" "How did you do it?" said Turly. "Of course I just walked into the stable and looked about for a horse.
An' I wants a turly headed doll that ties and suts her eyes when she does to seep, and wears a shash and a pairesol, and anodder bigger dolly to be her mam-ma and pank her when she's naughty, an' I wants an 'ittle fat-iron, an' a cookstove, an' wash-board. I'se dot a tub.
I'm going to get to the top of it and wave a flag." "Do you think you could, Turly? Are you sure you would not hurt yourself?" "Oh, bother hurt!" said Turly. "We want our dinner." They looked about for something to make a flag of. At last Terry took off her white petticoat and tore it up to make a long streamer.
So the two men took Turly in their arms and "up-ended" him; the consequence being that the pot, being now in a straight position on the head, fell off. Whereupon Turly was re-placed on his feet on the floor. Then Nurse Nancy sat down and rocked herself and wept. "I thought it would ha' been either a death or an operation!" she sobbed. "Will I ever get over it?"
How are we going to catch on to it?" "The tide is taking us slap up against it," said Turly. A few minutes later they went bang into a rock; the boat made a somersault, flung the children high and dry, and "ran off with itself, laughing", as Turly said afterwards.
The door opened on the moment, and the expected face was seen. Nurse Nancy stood amazed. "Turly, what do you mean by using your Gran'ma's nice things in such a manner? That's one of the beautiful ornaments your uncle sent her from India. Take it off directly, and put the palm back into it." "It doesn't like the palm, Nurse.
"I believe there's a few down at Connolly's farm," said Nancy; "at least I've heard so. I've a mind to send down and enquire." Then Granny went off with Nancy to her bedroom, and the children were left in the sitting-room playing with the kittens. "Turly," said Terry, "I want to speak to you. Put the kittens in their basket and come here."
And you'll amuse yourselves with them like good childher, for I'm goin' to be an hour or so in there, attendin' on your gran'ma. Or will I send up Bridget to be lookin' afther ye?" "Oh no, please!" said Terry, "we can look after ourselves till you come back. Now, can't we, Turly?"
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