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Chapter XXI. Sal's Nanny

           

           “Blessthechild!”saidhismothertoherself;andthenaddedaloud,findingthatDiamonddidnotgoon,“Well,whatnext?”

           “Idon’tknow,mother.I’msurethere’sagreatdealmore,butwhatitisIcan’tsay.Ionlyknowthathekilledthesnake.Isupposethat’swhathehadadrumstickfor.Hecouldn’tdoitwithhishorn.”

           “Butsurelyyou’renotsuchasillyastotakeitallfortrue,Diamond?”

           “Ithinkitmustbe.Itlookstrue.Thatkillingofthesnakelookstrue.It’swhatI’vegottodosooften.”

           Hismotherlookeduneasy.Diamondsmiledfullinherface,andadded—

           “Whenbabycriesandwon’tbehappy,andwhenfatherandyoutalkaboutyourtroubles,Imean.”

           Thisdidlittletoreassurehismother;andlestmyreadershouldhavehisqualmsaboutittoo,IventuretoremindhimoncemorethatDiamondhadbeentothebackofthenorthwind.

           Findingshemadenoreply,Diamondwenton—

           “Inaweekorso,IshallbeabletogotothetallgentlemanandtellhimIcanread.AndI’llaskhimifhecanhelpmetounderstandtherhyme.”

           Butbeforetheweekwasout,hehadanotherreasonforgoingtoMr.Raymond.

           Forthreedays,oneachofwhich,atonetimeorother,Diamond’sfatherwasonthesamestandneartheNationalGallery,thegirlwasnotathercrossing,andDiamondgotquiteanxiousabouther,fearingshemustbeill.Onthefourthday,notseeingheryet,hesaidtohisfather,whohadthatmomentshutthedoorofhiscabuponafare—

           “Father,Iwanttogoandlookafterthegirl,Shecan’tbewell.”

           “Allright,”saidhisfather.

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