“Oh， go away and mind your own business，” she said. Nobody asked you to come barging in， did they？ And ou‘re a nice person to start telling us what we all ought o do， aren’t you？ I suppose you mean we ought to spend l our time sucking up to Them， and currying favour， and ancing attendance on Them like you do.““Oh， Lor！” said the boy， sitting down on the grassy bank at he edge of the shrubbery and very quickly getting up again ecause the grass was soaking wet. His name unfortunately as Eustace Scrubb， but he wasn‘t a bad sort.
“Pole！” he said. “Is that fair？ Have I been doing anything f the sort this term？ Didn’t I stand up to Carter about the bbit？ And didn‘t I keep the secret about Spivvins.under orture too？ And didn’t I.”
“I d.don‘t know and I don’t care，” sobbed Jill.
Scrubb saw that she wasn‘t quite herself yet and veryensibly offered her a peppermint. He had one too. resently Jill began to see things in a clearer light.
“I’m sorry， Scrubb，” she said presently. “I wasn‘t fair. You ave done all that.this term.”
“Then wash out last term if you can，” said Eustace. “I was different chap then. I was.gosh！ what a little tick I was.” “Well， honestly， you were，” said Jill.
