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Then who should come to tuck him up for the night but the mother? And she sat down on the bed, and they talked for a long hour, as mother and son should, if there is to be any future for the Empire. THEN WHO SHOULD COME TO TUCK HIM IN FOR THE NIGHT BUT HIS MOTHER AND SHE SAT DOWN ON THE BED AND THEY TALKED FOR A LONG HOUR AS MOTHER AND SON SHOULD IF THERES TO BE ANY FUTURE FOR THE EMPIRE
thing better than this. Let’s sit still and enjoy ourselves. I suppose there will be something for me to ride if I look for it?” “Seeing I’ve been kept down to the old brown pair for the last six weeks because all the others were being got ready for Master Georgie, I should say there might be,” the father chuckled. “They’re reminding me in a hundred ways that I must take the second place now.” “Brutes!” “The pater doesn’t mean it, dear; but every one has been trying to make your home-coming a success; and you _do_ like it, don’t you?” “Perfect! Perfect! There’s no place like England—when you ’ve done your work.” “That’s the proper way to look at it, my son.” And so up and down the flagged walk till their shadows grew long in the moonlight, and the mother went indoors and played such songs as a small boy once clamoured for, and the squat silver candlesticks were brought in, and Georgie climbed to the two rooms in the west wing that had been his nursery and his playroom in the beginning. T UP TO TOWN DEAR NO I DON'T WANT ANYTHING BETTER THAN THIS LET'S JUST SIT STILL AND ENJOY OURSELVES I SUPPOSE THERE WILL BE SOMETHING FOR ME TO WRITE IF I LOOK FOR IT SEEING I'VE BEEN KEPT DOWN TO THE OLD BROWN PEAR FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS BECAUSE ALL THE OTHERS WERE BEING GOT READY FOR MASTER GEORGY SHOULD SAY THERE MIGHT BE THE FATHER CHUCKLED THEY'RE REMINDING ME IN A HUNDRED WAYS THAT I MUST TAKE SECOND PLACE NOW BRUTES THE PATER DOESN'T MEAN IT DEAR BUT EVERYONE HAS BEEN TRYING TO MAKE YOUR HOME COMING A SUCCESS AND YOU DO LIKE IT DON'T YOU PERFECT PERFECT THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE ENGLAND WHEN YOU'VE DONE YOUR WORK THAT'S THE PROPER WAY TO LOOK AT IT MY SON AND SO UP AND DOWN THE FLAGGED WALK TILL THEIR SHADOWS GREW LONG IN THE MOONLIGHT AND THE MOTHER WENT INDOORS AND PLAYED SUCH SONGS AS A SMALL BOY ONCE CLAMOURED FOR AND THE SQUAT SILVER CANDLESTICKS WERE BROUGHT IN AND GEORGIE CLIMBED INTO THE TWO ROOMS IN THE WEST WING THAT HAD BEEN HIS NURSERY AND HIS PLAY ROOM IN THE BEGINNING
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