Chapter 8 ALL TOGETHER AGAIN
　　It was wonderful to be all together again. Julian took hold of Anne's arm and squeezed it. 'All right,Anne?' he said, rather worried at her pale face.
　　Anne nodded. She felt better at once, now she had Julian, George and Timmy, as well as Dick.
　　'I'm only just terribly hungry,' she said.
　　'I'll ask for breakfast straight away,' said Julian. 'All news later!'
　　The woman who had leaned out of the window shaking a duster the evening before, came up to them.
　　'I expect it's a bit late for you,' said Julian. 'But we haven't had any breakfast. What have you got?'
　　'Porridge and cream,' said the woman. 'And our own cured bacon and our own eggs. Our own honeyand the bread I bake myself. Will that do? And coffee with cream?'
　　'I could hug you,' said Julian, beaming at her. The others felt the same. They went into a small, cosydining-room and sat down to wait. Soon a smell of frying bacon and hot strong coffee would comeinto the room - what joy!
　　'Your news first,' said Dick, patting Timmy. 'Did you get to Spiggy House? Was Mr. Gaston there?'
　　'No, he wasn't,' said Julian. 'He was out somewhere. He had a very nice wife who made us wait forhim, and said he wouldn't mind in the least looking at Timmy when he came back. So we waited andwaited,'
　　'We waited till half past seven!' said George, 'and we felt rather awkward because we thought it mightbe getting near their meal-time. And then at last Mr. Gaston came.'
　　'He was awfully¹ kind,' said Julian. 'He looked at Timmy's leg, and then he did something, I don'tknow what - put it back into place, I suppose - and Timmy gave a yell and George flung herself 31on him, and Mr. Gaston roared with laughter at George...'
　　'Well, he was very rough with Timmy's leg,' said George. 'But he knew what he was doing, of course,and now Timmy is perfectly² all right, except for that bruise³ on his back, and even that is gettingbetter. He can run as well as ever.'
　　'I'm glad,' said Anne. 'I kept thinking of poor old Tim all last night.' She patted him, and he licked herlavishly and wetly.
　　'What did you do then?' asked Dick.
　　'Well, Mrs. Gaston insisted on us staying to supper,' said Julian. 'She simply wouldn't take no for ananswer, and I must say that by that time we were jolly hungry. So we stayed - and we had a jollygood meal too. So did Timmy! You should have seen his tummy afterwards - as round as a barrel.

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