Page 38 - The Little sister of Wilifred

“ Nonsense! nonsense ! >T interrupted
the Doctor, rather crossly. “ You have

seen another child with the same col­
ored hair and eyes. There are plenty

of children of Wilifred’s complexion.

You would laugh at yourself if you were
to see them together.”

“ If they were dressed alike, I don't

believe we could tell one from the
other,1' persisted Arthur. " I want

you to see her, that’s all,”

But the Doctor with a gesture dis­
missed the subject. No doubt he would

have been glad if the little girl also

could be so easily disposed of.
When Wilifred, who had been deeply

interested in the bovs’ story, left the
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room, he reverted to it, but merely to
beg them never to mention this child

agaiu.
In the afternoon, however, when he