’Butit’snotsoextraprecious，’saidRoberthastily。’YoucangetthemgiventoyoufornothingifyoubuyfishinFarringdonMarket。’
’Oh，’saidthePsammeadverycrosslyindeed，’soyoupresumeonmysublimeindifferencetothethingsofthisdisgustingmodernworld，tofobmeoffwithatravellingequipagethatcostsyounothing。Verywell，Ishallgotosand。Pleasedon’twakeme。’
Anditwentthenandtheretosand，which，asyouknow，meanttobed。TheboyswenttoStJames’sParktofeedtheducks，buttheywentalone。
AntheaandJanesatsewingalltheafternoon。TheycutoffhalfayardfromeachoftheirbestgreenLibertysashes。Atowelcutintwoformedalining；andtheysatandsewedandsewedandsewed。WhattheyweremakingwasabagforthePsammead。Eachworkedatahalfofthebag。jane’shalfhadfour—leavedshamrocksembroideredonit。Theyweretheonlythingsshecoulddo（becauseshehadbeentaughthowatschool，and，fortunately，someofthesilkshehadbeentaughtwithwasleftover）。Andevenso，Antheahadtodrawthepatternforher。Anthea’ssideofthebaghadlettersonit——workedhastilybutaffectionatelyinchainstitch。Theyweresomethinglikethis：
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