"
"Bless you--but I don't really need anything," she told him gratefully.
"It would be nice to have a little money to spend at the ports, but I
think we ought to keep the rest for Australia, don't you, Bob?"
"Oh, yes, of course; but you're not to go without a few pounds if you
want 'em," said Bob. "And, Tommy, don't leave meeting me on Friday until
lunch time. I'll be worrying if you do, just in case things may have
gone wrong. Make it eleven o'clock at the Bond Street tube exit, and if
you're not there in half an hour I'll jolly well go and fetch you."
"I'll be there," Cecilia nodded. "You had better give me the half-hour's
grace, though, in case I might be held up at the last moment. One never
knows--and Avice and Wilfred are excellent little watchdogs."
"Anyhow, you won't have the she-dragon to reckon with, and that's a
big thing," Bob said. "I don't see how you can have any trouble--Papa
certainly will not give you any."
"No, he won't bother," said Cecilia slowly. "It's queer to think how
little he counts--our own father."
"A pretty shoddy apology for one, I think," Bob said bitterly. "What has
he ever done for us? But I'd forgive him that when I can't forgive him
something else--the way he has let you be treated these two years."
"He hasn't known everything, Bobby."
"He has known quite enough. And if he had the spirit of a man he'd have
saved you from it.
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