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Monica glanced up in surprise and found herself staring into the eyes of one of her fornition

‘You dog!’ One of David’s friends appraised her jealously and harangued David in a fa this one? Can’t say as I blame you, but What school you fro easily, David rejoined, ‘How ‘bout a sby star, a tall, rawboned, solidly-built mass of muscle, with closely cropped auburn hair and freckles, was one of the few boys in the school who had never ill-treated Monica, and had even rescued her on occasion ‘I only owe you nine or ten,’ Richard said, s crookedly ‘As you well know! You’ve only to na cryptically ‘You’re in all of the classes that she and I aren’t in together So if anyone dares call her Monkey Guts to her face, or says it anywhere near her, you’ll deal with the at Monica, open-mouthed

‘Good God!’

Richard was as shrewd as they came, and David watched with pleasure as the wheels turned round behind hisin comprehension, he said in a voice that soundedwith you now And a bloody good thing, too, if you ask me!’ To Monica, he said, ‘I had a hunch about why you let yourself go like that’ He gave her a hurin ‘Wish I’d been the one lucky enough to find out what you really look like! Here! Did you see that, Davie? She actually smiled! Almost, anyway C’mon luv! Don’t you know it’s a crime to hide a smile like that from the world!’