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Teddy obeyed delightedly, not seeing in the interest of his tale how keenly he was being watched by the ladies. TEDDY OBEYED DELIGHTEDLY NOT SEEING IN THE INTEREST OF HIS TALE HOW KEENLY HE WAS BEING WATCHED BY THE LADIES
n punished at all.' 'What made you go back, my boy?' asked Mrs. Graham gently. The colour rose in Teddy's cheeks, but he never hesitated to speak the truth. 'I went back when I remembered it was wrong to have done it,' he said simply. 'But you are not such a paragon of goodness generally,' said the colonel. 'Wasn't it you and some others who scared our dairymaid into fits one night last winter, by playing pranks, after dark, outside the dairy window?' 'Yes, sir,' said Teddy humbly. 'And why didn't you run away when the old man woke?' asked Lady Helen. 'I never run away from anybody,' said Teddy, his head more erect than ever. 'I'm a soldier's son.' 'Capital, my boy; and so your father is a soldier? What regiment?' 'He's dead, sir. May I tell you father's story?' 'Oh! ah! I remember now, though I'm not sure that I recollect the details,' said the colonel musingly. 'Your father was John Platt, who enlisted in one of the line regiments--the 24th, wasn't it? Tell us the story by all means. K TO UNDO HIM PUT IN NANCY SO HE OUGHTN'T TO HAVE BEEN PUNISHED AT ALL WHAT MADE YOU GO BACK MY BOY ASKED MISSUS GRAHAM GENTLY THE COLOUR ROSE IN TEDDY'S CHEEKS BUT HE NEVER HESITATED TO SPEAK THE TRUTH I WENT BACK WHEN I REMEMBERED IT WAS WRONG TO HAVE DONE IT HE SAID SIMPLY BUT YOU ARE NOT SUCH A PARAGON OF GOODNESS GENERALLY SAID THE COLONEL WASN'T IT YOU AND SOME OTHERS WHO SCARED OUR DAIRYMAID INTO FITS ONE NIGHT LAST WINTER BY PLAYING PRANKS AFTER DARK OUTSIDE THE DAIRY WINDOW YES SIR SAID TEDDY HUMBLY AND WHY DIDN'T YOU RUN AWAY WHEN THE OLD MAN WOKE ASKED LADY HELEN I NEVER RUN AWAY FROM ANYBODY SAID TEDDY HIS HEAD MORE ERECT THAN EVER I'M A SOLDIER'S SON CAPITAL MY BOY AND SO YOUR FATHER IS A SOLDIER WHAT REGIMENT HE'S DEAD SIR MAY I TELL YOU FATHER'S STORY OH AH I REMEMBER NOW THOUGH I'M NOT SURE THAT I RECOLLECT THE DETAILS SAID THE COLONEL MUSINGLY YOUR FATHER WAS JOHN PLATT WHO ENLISTED IN ONE OF THE LINE REGIMENTS THE TWENTY FOURTH WASN'T IT TELL US THE STORY BY ALL MEANS
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