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He entered the car, opened his bag, took out his travelling cap and his copy of "Ben Hur," then threw the bag in a lordly way into the brass rack above the seat. He opened his book, but immediately became interested in a young couple just in front of him. HE ENTERED THE CAR OPENED HIS BAG TOOK OUT HIS TRAVELING CAP AND HIS COPY OF BEN HER THEN THREW THE BAG IN A LORDLY WAY INTO THE BRASS RACK ABOVE THE SEAT HE OPENED HIS BOOK BUT IMMEDIATELY BECAME INTERESTED IN A YOUNG COUPLE JUST IN FRONT OF HIM
un and write down your fairy tale while you remember it!" said Mother Carey. "It is as good an exercise as any other, and you still tell a story far better than you write it!" Nancy did this sort of improvising every now and then, and had done it from earliest childhood; and sometimes, of late, Mother Carey looked at her eldest chicken and wondered if after all she had hatched in her a bird of brighter plumage or rarer song than the rest, or a young eagle whose strong wings would bear her to a higher flight! IX GILBERT'S EMBASSY The new station had just been built in Boston, and it seemed a great enterprise to Gilbert to be threading his way through the enormous spaces, getting his information by his own wits and not asking questions like a stupid schoolboy. Like all children of naval officers, the Careys had travelled ever since their birth; still, this was Gilbert's first journey alone, and nobody was ever more conscious of the situation, nor more anxious to carry it off effectively.  CHAPTER NINE MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS THIS IS A LIVER BOX RECORDING ALL LIVERBOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVERBOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY JOYCE COUCH MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS BY CAPE DOUGLAS WIGANS CHAPTER NINE GILBERT'S EMBASSY THE NEW STATION HAD JUST BEEN BUILT IN BOSTON AND IT SEEMED A GREAT ENTERPRISE TO GILBERT TO BE THREADING HIS WAY THROUGH THE ENORMOUS SPACES GIVING HIS INFORMATION BY HIS OWN WITS AND NOT ASKING QUESTIONS LIKE A STUPID SCHOOLBOY LIKE ALL CHILDREN OF NAVAL OFFICERS THE CAREYS HAD TRAVELLED EVER SINCE THEIR BIRTH STILL THIS WAS GILBERT'S FIRST JOURNEY ALONE AND NOBODY WAS EVER MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE SITUATION NOR MORE ANXIOUS TO CARRY IT OFF EFFECTIVELY
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