I told him he would , but he was bound to go , and now he 's laid up for a week . Listen to him barking in the bedroom there . '' `` Well , then , I wo n't go either , '' said Bertie with a sigh , it might be of relief , or it might be of disappointment . `` I would n't go there all alone . '' `` You 're a goose ! '' said his aunt . `` They would n't eat you . But as I said , please yourself . Anyhow , hold your tongue about it to William John , or you 'll have him crying and bawling to go too . '' The caution came too late . William John had already heard it , and when his mother went in to rub his chest with liniment , she found him with the ragged quilt over his head crying . `` Come , William John , I want to rub you . '' `` I do n't want to be rubbed -- g ` way , '' sobbed William John . `` I heard you out there -- you need n't think I did n't . Bertie 's going to Doctor Forbes 's to dinner and I ca n't go . '' `` Well , you 've only yourself to thank for it , '' returned his mother . `` If you had n't persisted in going out coasting yesterday when I wanted you to stay in , you 'd have been able to go to Doctor Forbes 's . Little boys who wo n't do as they 're told always get into trouble . Stop crying , now . I dare say if Bertie goes they 'll send you some candy , or something . ''
But William John refused XXXXX be comforted .
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