Then Magnum Bonum shall have its
turn too. Don't be afraid, dearest. If Allen does not take to it
now, I am sure Bobus will be a great chemical discoverer, able to
give all his time and spare no expense, and then we will fit up this
dear old house for a hospital for very poor people. That's what you
would have done if you had been here! Oh, if this money had only
come in time! But here are these horrid tears! If I once begin
crying I shall be good for nothing. If I don't go at once, there's
no saying what Jock mayn't have bought."
She was just in time to find Jock asking the price of all the animals
in the Pantheon Bazaar, and expecting her to supply the cost of a
vicious-looking monkey. The whole flock collected in due time at the
station, and so did their parcels. Allen brought with him his chief
purchase, the most lovely toy-terrier in the world, whom he presented
on the spot to Elvira, and who divided the journey between licking
himself and devouring the fragments of biscuit with which Jock
supplied him. Allen had also bought a beautiful statuette for
himself, and a set of studs. Janet had set herself up with a case of
mathematical instruments and various books; Bobus's purchases were
divers chemical appliances and a pocket microscope, also what he
thrust into Jessie's lap and she presently proclaimed to be a lovely
little work-case; Jessie herself was hugging a parcel, which turned
out to contain warm pelisses for the two nursery boys just above the
baby.
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