Chapter 4 THAT NIGHT
It was now tea-time, according to Anne's watch and also according to everyone's feelings, includingTimmy's. Timmy felt the heat very much and was always wandering off to the little spring to lap thecrystal-cold water. Anne wished that she and George had a big jug¹ that they could fill - it was such anuisance to have to keep running to and fro with just a mug.
They had tea - biscuits, a sandwich each, and a bar of rather soft chocolate. George examinedTimmy's ear for the hundredth time that day, and pronounced it very much better.
'Well, don't take off that collar yet,' said Anne. 'He'll only open the wound by scratching if you do.'
'I'm not going to take it off!' said George, touchily². 'What shall we do now, Anne? Go for a walk?'
'Yes,' said Anne. 'Listen - you can hear those sharp, metallic³ noises again - that's the boy at workagain, I expect. Funny boy he must be - coming to dig about all on his own with his comical littledog. I wish we could see what he's doing.'
'We promised we wouldn't,' said George. 'So I don't feel that we even ought to go and peep.'
'Of course not!' said Anne. 'Come on - let's go in the opposite direction, George - right away from theboy. I hope we shan't get lost!'
'Not while Timmy's with us, silly!' said George. 'You'd find your way home from the moon, wouldn'tyou, Tim?'
'Woof,' agreed Timmy.
'He always says yes to whatever you say, George,' said Anne. 'I say - isn't it a lovely evening? Iwonder what Julian and Dick are doing?'
George immediately looked downcast. She felt that her two cousins had no right to go rushing acrossFrance when she wanted them at Kirrin. Didn't they like Kirrin? Would they be having magnificentadventures on the Continent, and not want to spend even a week at Kirrin? She looked so lost inmiserable thoughts that Anne laughed at her.
'Cheer up! At least I am here with you - though I agree that compared with Ju and Dick I'm very poorcompany, and not at all adventurous⁴!'
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They had a lovely walk, and sat down half-way to watch hordes⁵ of rabbits playing together.
Timmy was very unhappy about this. Why sit down to watch silly rabbits? Rabbits were made tochase, weren't they? Why did George always put a restraining hand on his collar when she sat downto watch rabbits? He

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