Us and the Bottleman by Edith Ballinger Price
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and he said:
"But take me to Gregory." If we hadn't been so perfectly bursting with thankfulness and so tired of shouting and the cold and the whole hideous place, we should have wondered how on earth he knew Greg's name, because neither of us had mentioned it. But we didn't think of it then, and just snatched his hands and pulled him over the rocks, trying to tell him a little how glad we were to see him. When he saw Greg, his face grew quite different--very sorry, and not twinkly at all and he went down on his knees (he couldn't have stood up in the back of the cave) and he said: "Poor old man!" And then, "I wonder who had the worst night of it?" We said, "Greg, of course." But our man said, "I wonder." Then he changed again, and instead of being all sorry and gentle, he got quite commanding and very quick. "Chris, you stay here," he said. "Gerald, come with me,--and here, put this on." He pulled off his gray flannel coat and tossed it to Jerry, and Jerry did put it on and ran after him, tucking up the sleeves. I saw them get into the dinghy and row back to the boat, and I said: "Oh, Gregs, we're going home, we're going home!" and we both cried a little. |
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