Chapter XXX

Greta talked the whole way home: ‘Wasn’t it a frightful thing to happen? Didn’t I have a most frightfully narrow escape?’ ‘How did it happen?’ said Charles. ‘Margaret and I were going across, and Freddy was going with us, and I heard the bus coming and I said, “Oh!” And Margaret said “Don’t be silly”, and I started to run. And someone pushed me frightfully hard, and I fell right under the bus.’ She held Charles tightly by the hand; her fingers were warm and clinging. She went on talking: ‘I always did hate crossing…