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The Fight For Timothy
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“Isthedearyfondofdigging?”
“Verypartialtodigging.”(Weshallfindthelegofmuttonsomeday.)
“Thenperhapsaweenyspadeandapail?”
ShegotmetobuyamodelofCanterburyCathedralonce,shewassoinsistent,andPorthosgavemehismindaboutitwhenwegothome.Hedeteststhekindergartensystem,andassheisabsurdlyprejudicedinitsfavourwehavehadtotryothershops.WewenttotheLowtherArcadefortherocking-horse.DearLowtherArcade!Ofttimeshavewewanderedagapeamongthyenchantedpalaces,PorthosandI,DavidandI,DavidandPorthosandI.Ihaveheardthatthouartvulgar,butIcannotseehow,unlessitbethattatteredchildrenhauntthyportals,thoseawfulyetsmilingentrancestosomuchjoy.TotheArcadetherearetwoentrances,andwithmuchtobesunginlaudationofthatwhichopensfromtheStrandIyetonthewholeprefertheotherasthemoretrulyromantic,becauseitistherethetatteredonescongregate,waitingtoseetheDavidsemergewiththemagiclamp.Wehavealwaysapennyforthem,andIhaveknownthem,beforeenteringtheArcadewithit,retire(butwhither?)towash;surelytheprettiestofallthecomplimentsthatarepaidtothehomeoftoys.
Andnow,OArcade,somuchfairerthanthyWestEndbrother,wearetoldthatthouartdoomed,anontobeturnedintoaneating-houseorahiveforusurers,somethingranklyuseful.Allthydelightsareundernoticetoquit.
