”Janey was doing no work on her book but the house looked absolutely marvellous. Rupert and Billy sat side by side in the riders’ stand, their long legs up on the backs of the seats in front, watching Grumpy. The crowd couldn’t forbear a cheer, then shushed themselves. “She is on our side.
It was an awful rag, but you had to read it. What would Rupert do in the circumstances? he wondered Probably accost her and get her telephone number, but he couldn’t do that with the frightful Victor hovering. “When did you last have something to eat?” she asked. It had brought the house down.
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