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ea; and she wants it so badly that she won't walk that side of the street when we go into the town. But it costs five shillings!' Then we set to work seriously, and devoted the afternoon to a realisation of assets and the composition of a Budget that might have been dated without shame from Whitehall. The result worked out as follows:-- _s._ _d._ By one uncle, unspent through having been lost for nearly a week--turned up at last in the straw of the dog-kennel 2 6 By advance from me on security of next uncle, and failing that, to be called in at Christmas 1 0 By shaken out of missionary-box with the help of a knife-blade. (They were our own pennies and a forced levy) 0 4 By bet due from Edward, for walking across the field where Farmer Larkin's bull was, and Edward bet him twopence he wouldn't--called in with difficulty 0 2 By advance from Martha, on no security at all, only you mustn't tell your aunt 1 0 ------ Total 5 0 and at last we breathed again. The rest promised to be easy. Selina had a tea-party at five on the morrow, with the chipped old wooden tea-things that had served her successive dolls from babyhood. Harold would slip off directly after dinner, going alone, so as not to arouse suspicion, as we were not allowed to go into the town by ourselves. It was nearly two miles to our small metropolis, but there would be plenty of time for him to go and return, even laden with the olive-branch neatly packed in shavings. Besides, he might meet the butcher, who was his friend and would give him a lift. Then, finally, at five, the rapture of the new tea-service, descended from the skies; and, retribution made, making-up at last, without loss of dignity. With the event before us, we thought it a small thing that twenty-four hours more of alienation and pretended sulks must be kept up on Harold's part; but Selina, who naturally knew nothing of the treat in store for her, moped for the rest of the evening, and took a very heavy heart to bed. Next day when the hour for action arrived, Harold evaded Olympian att
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