"You always were greedy," she commented. "Just before I turned thehose on you, I remember you had made yourself thoroughly disliked bypocketing a piece of my birthday-cake,homepage.""Do you remember that?" His eyes lit up and he smiled back at her. Hehad an ingratiating smile. His mouth was rather wide, and it seemedto stretch right across his face. He reminded Jill more than ever ofa big, friendly dog. "I can feel it now,--all squashy in my pocket,inextricably mingled with a catapult, a couple of marbles, a box ofmatches, and some string. I was quite the human general store inthose days,nike shox torch ii. Which reminds me that we have been some time settlingdown to an exchange of our childhood reminiscences, haven't we?""I've been trying to realise that you are Wally Mason. You havealtered so.""For the better?""Very much for the better! You were a horrid little brute. You usedto terrify me. I never knew when you were going to bound out at mefrom behind a tree or something. I remember your chasing me formiles, shrieking at the top of your voice!""Sheer embarrassment! I told you just now how I used to worship you.
If I shrieked a little, it was merely because I was shy. I did it tohide my devotion.""You certainly succeeded. I never even suspected it."Wally sighed.
"How like life! I never told my love, but let concealment like a wormi' the bud . . .""Talking of worms, you once put one down my back!""No, no," said Wally in a shocked voice. "Not that! I was boisterous,perhaps, but surely always the gentleman.""You did! In the shrubbery. There had been a thunderstorm and . . .""I remember the incident now. A mere misunderstanding. I had donewith the worm, and thought you might be glad to have it.""You were always doing things like that. Once you held me over thepond and threatened to drop me into the water--in the winter! Justbefore Christmas. It was a particularly mean thing to do, because Icouldn't even kick your shins for fear you would let me fall. LuckilyUncle Chris came up and made you stop.""You considered that a fortunate occurrence, did you?" said Wally.
"Well, perhaps from your point of view it may have been. I saw thething from a different angle. Your uncle had a whangee with him, andthe episode remains photographically lined on the tablets of my mindwhen a yesterday has faded from its page. My friends sometimes wonderwhat I mean when I say that my old wound troubles me in frostyweather. By the way, how is your uncle?""Oh, he's very well,fake uggs for sale. Just as lazy as ever. He's away at present, downat Brighton.""He didn't strike me as lazy," said Wally thoughtfully. "Dynamicwould express it better. But perhaps I happened to encounter him in amoment of energy.""He doesn't look a day older than he did then.""I'm afraid I don't recall his appearance very distinctly. On theonly occasion on which we ever really foregathered--hobnobbed, so tospeak--he was behind me most of the time. Ah!" The waiter hadreturned with a loaded tray. "The food! Forgive me if I seem a littledistrait for a moment or two. There is man's work before me!""And later on, I suppose, you would like a chop or something to takeaway in your pocket?""I will think it over. Possibly a little soup. My needs are verysimple these days."Jill watched him with a growing sense of satisfaction. There wassomething boyishly engaging about this man. She felt at home withhim. He affected her in much the same way as did Freddie Rooke. Hewas a definite addition to the things that went to make her happy,Fake Designer Handbags.
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