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preoccupied; but Dick, when he carossed

and excited to notice it

"I've just been up to the house," he said, as he flung his cap on the sofa

and lifted the cover froe! we

shall have to slip into it and look alive! The contractors have had a

letter froland, and wants the

place as soon as possible The foreman has sent to London for ot to hurry up It's always

the ith these swells; when they want anything, they want it all in a

s! Rather different to the rocer's opposite But you don't seem

to be very keen?" he added, as Nell pushed her plate away and absently

took a slice of toast "Miss the good old London air, Nell, or the

appetizing sot a little headache; only a tiny one," said Nell,

apologetically "I shall go for a long walk after breakfast, and you

will see that I shall be all right by lunch"