William was broken: he brushed her cheek with his. ‘Kith me,’ she said, raising her glowing face. She smiled again (radiantly) through her tears: ‘You with you wath a little girl, don’t you?’ They were standing in full view of the drawing-room window. ‘You do like all little girlth, don’t you? You do, don’t you?’ Violet Elizabeth’s eyes filled with tears again: William looked round the garden wildly for escape, and found none. You like all little girlth, don’t you? You do, don’t you?’ You’re making me cry, ‘cause you wont’ say you like me.’

Don’t you like me?’ (William stared at her in trepidation.) ‘You – you do like me, don’t you?’Ī large, shining tear welled over and trickled down the small pink cheek. ‘D-don’t you like me?’ Her blue eyes filled slowly with tears: ‘I like you. ‘Don’t you know any little girlth? I’ll teach you little girlth gameth.’ William, with the air of a hero bound to his execution, accompanied Violet Elizabeth into the garden.

‘Come along, boy,’ said Violet Elizabeth. ‘Take the little boysie into the garden, Violet Elizabeth,’ said her mother, ‘and play with him nicely. ‘Merry Chrithmath’ said Violet Elizabeth. William gazed at this apparition in horror. She was dressed in white lace-trimmed dress – her skirts stood out in a filmy froth of lace-trimmed petticoats. And William had gone reluctantly with his mother to the Bott’s residence. For many in the congregation who had listened to his voice reading these stories growing up, it was a very special occasion, and worth more than a few chuckles to boot. Martin Jarvis, narrator of the audiobooks, stood up and read this extract from Richmal Crompton’s fabulous Just William series about an 11 year old, growing up in interwar England. OL17534781W Page_number_confidence 92.69 Pages 262 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200825181249 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 488 Scandate 20200818053916 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780330469746 Tts_version 4.The fourth reading of the service absolutely brought the house down.

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