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'Why, what is the matter, father dear?' 'Matter!' he yelled; he really yelled. 'This tie, it will not tie.' WHY WHAT IS THE MATTER FATHER DEAR MATTER HE YELLED HE REALLY YELLED THIS TIE IT WILL NOT TIE
she said, 'I so want a third child.' 'Boy or girl?' asked Michael, not too hopefully. 'Boy.' Then he had leapt into her arms. Such a little thing for Mr. and Mrs. Darling and Nana to recall now, but not so little if that was to be Michael's last night in the nursery. They go on with their recollections. 'It was then that I rushed in like a tornado, wasn't it?' Mr. Darling would say, scorning himself; and indeed he had been like a tornado. Perhaps there was some excuse for him. He, too, had been dressing for the party, and all had gone well with him until he came to his tie. It is an astounding thing to have to tell, but this man, though he knew about stocks and shares, had no real mastery of his tie. Sometimes the thing yielded to him without a contest, but there were occasions when it would have been better for the house if he had swallowed his pride and used a made-up tie. This was such an occasion. He came rushing into the nursery with the crumpled little brute of a tie in his hand. ULD NOT STAND THAT I DO SHE SAID I SO WANT A THIRD CHILD BOY OR GIRL ASKED MICHAEL NOT TOO HOPEFULLY BOY THEN HE HAD LEAPT INTO HER ARMS SUCH A LITTLE THING FOR MISTER AND MISSUS DARLING AND NANA TO RECALL NOW BUT NOT SO LITTLE IF THAT WAS TO BE MICHAEL'S LAST NIGHT IN THE NURSERY THEY GO ON WITH THEIR RECOLLECTIONS IT WAS THEN THAT I RUSHED IN LIKE A TORNADO WASN'T IT MISTER DARLING WOULD SAY SCORNING HIMSELF AND INDEED HE HAD BEEN LIKE A TORNADO PERHAPS THERE WAS SOME EXCUSE FOR HIM HE TOO HAD BEEN DRESSING FOR THE PARTY AND ALL HAD GONE WELL WITH HIM UNTIL HE CAME TO HIS TIE IT WAS AN ASTOUNDING THING TO HAVE TO TELL BUT THIS MAN THOUGH HE KNEW ABOUT STOCKS AND CHAIRS HAD NO REAL MASTERY OF HIS TIE SOMETIMES THE THING YIELDED TO HIM WITHOUT A CONTEST BUT THERE WERE OCCASIONS WHEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER FOR THE HOUSE IF HE HAD SWALLOWED HIS PRIDE AND USED A MADE UP TIE THIS WAS SUCH AN OCCASION HE CAME IN RUSHING INTO THE NURSERY WITH THE CRUMPLED LITTLE BRUTE OF A TIE IN HIS HAND
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