"There goes the 'Pampered Pet' again Got its little keeper with it, as usual.Why don't they lead her by a chain, and be done with it?"Miles stood by the schoolroom window, hands jingling in pockets, as hesurveyed a prospect, sufficiently grey and drear to make any diversitydoubly welcome, and at his words there came the sound of a generalpushing-back of chairs, as the four other occupants of the room dashedforward to share in the view.They jostled each other with the scant courtesy which brothers and sistersare apt to show each other in early days; five big boys and girls, rangingbetween the ages of eight and nineteen. Miles kept his central position byreason of superior strength, a vigorous dig of his pointed elbow beingenough to keep trespassers at a distance. Betty darted before him andnimbly dropped on her knees, the twins stood on either side of the windowsill, while poor Pam grumbled and fretted in the background, dodging hereand there to try all positions in turn, and finding each as unsatisfactory asthe last.
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