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The Runaway Perambulator

           TotheKensingtonGardenswewent;itmayhavebeenManitobawestartedfor,butwearrivedattheKensingtonGardens,andithadallbeensounpremeditatedandsmartlycarriedoutthatIrememberclappingmyhandtomyheadinthestreet,tomakesurethatIwaswearingahat.

           IwatchedDavidtoseewhathethoughtofit,andhehadnotyetmadeuphismind.Strangetosay,Inolongerfeltshy.Iwasgrownsuddenlyindifferenttopubliccomment,andmyelationincreasedwhenIdiscoveredthatIwasbeingpursued.TheydrewacordonroundmenearMargotMeredith’stree,butIbrokethroughitbyastrategicmovementtothesouth,andwasnextheardofintheBaby’sWalk.Theyheldbothendsofthispassage,andthenthoughttocloseonme,butIslippedthroughtheirfingersbydoublingupBunting’sThumbintoPicnicStreet.CoweringatSt.Govor’sWell,wesawthemrushdistractedlyuptheHump,andwhentheyhadcrossedtotheRoundPondweparadedgailyintheBroadWalk,notfeelingthetiniestbitsorryforanybody.

           Here,however,itgraduallycameintoDavid’seyesthat,afterall,Iwasastrangeman,andtheyopenedwiderandwider,untiltheywerethesizeofmymedals,andthen,withthedeliberationthatdistinguisheshissmile,heslowlypreparedtohowl.Isawallhisforcesgatheringinhisface,andIhadnothingtoopposetothem;itwasanunarmedmanagainstaregiment.

           EventhenIdidnotchidehim.HecouldnotknowthatitwasIwhohaddroppedtheletter.

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