`` In case you should feel cold , '' she whispered . Her face was aglow , but Tony 's was very gloomy . As they turned on the top of the Hump he whispered to her , `` I 'm afraid Nurse would see me , so I sha 'n' t be able to do it . '' Maimie admired him more than ever for being afraid of nothing but their ayah , when there were so many unknown terrors to fear , and she said aloud , `` Tony , I shall race you to the gate , '' and in a whisper , `` Then you can hide , '' and off they ran . Tony could always outdistance her easily , but never had she known him speed away so quickly as now , and she was sure he hurried that he might have more time to hide . `` Brave , brave ! '' her doting eyes were crying when she got a dreadful shock ; instead of hiding , her hero had run out at the gate ! At this bitter sight Maimie stopped blankly , as if all her lapful of darling treasures were suddenly spilled , and then for very disdain she could not sob ; in a swell of protest against all puling cowards she ran to St. Govor 's Well and hid in Tony 's stead . When the ayah reached the gate and saw Tony far in front she thought her other charge was with him and passed out . Twilight came on , and scores and hundreds of people passed out , including the last one , who always has to run for it , but Maimie saw them not . She had shut her eyes tight and glued them with passionate tears . When she opened them something very cold ran up her legs and up her arms and dropped into her heart . It was the stillness of the Gardens . Then she heard clang , then from another part clang , then clang , clang far away . It was the Closing of the Gates . Immediately the last clang had died away Maimie distinctly heard a voice say , `` So that 's all right . '' It had a wooden sound and seemed to come from above , and she looked up in time to see an elm tree stretching out its arms and yawning . She was about to say , `` I never knew you could speak ! '' when a metallic voice that seemed to come from the ladle at the well remarked to the elm , `` I suppose it is a bit coldish up there ? '' and the elm replied , `` Not particularly , but you do get numb standing so long on one leg , '' and he flapped his arms vigorously just as the cabmen do before they drive off .
XXXXX was quite surprised to see that a number of other tall trees were doing the same sort of thing and she stole away to the Baby Walk and crouched observantly under a Minorca Holly which shrugged its shoulders but did not seem to mind her .
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