‘All right.We won’t get into any more these summer holiday,’ said Lucy-Ann, giving her aunt a hug. ‘We won’t worry you. I don’t want any more adventures any-how. I’ve had enough.’‘Well, if we do have another, we’ll leave you out of it, Lucy-Ann,’ said Dinah scornfully.‘No, we won’t,’ said Philip, giving Dinah a poke in the back. ‘We can’t do without Lucy-Ann.’‘Now, don’t quarrel, you two,’ said Mrs Mannering, foreseeing one of their everlasting squabbles boiling up.‘You’re tired now, all of you, after such a lot of excite-ment. Go and do something quiet till supper time.’‘Sing for your supper,’ put in Kiki. The children laughed.‘You’re an idiot, Kiki,’ said Jack affectionately. ‘Did you miss us today? Well, I was scared you might fly out of the aeroplane in fright, if we took you. But I expect you’d have been quite a sensible old bird, wouldn’t you, and sat on my shoulder all the time?’Kikipecked lovingly at Jack’s ear, and made a croon-ing noise. She sat as close to him as she could. The chil-dren began to talk about their exciting day.‘Wasn’t it lovely going to the aerodrome and getting in on our passes, and walking up to Bill just as if we were grown-ups?’ said Philip. ‘And golly, wasn’t Bill’s aero-plane fine?’
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