| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
 |
|
| Page | 851 |
|
|
| Chapter | -- |
|
|
| Text |
either of the other two, for she had a red cloth dress that fitted her perfectly: indeed, as the district visitor who gave it to her mother had remarked, it looked as if it had been made for her. `It's not much to look at,' observed Nellie, referring to her big jacket, but all the same we was very glad of it when the rain came on.' The coat was so big that by withdrawing her arms from the sleeves and using it as a cloak or shawl she had managed to make it do for all three of them. Tommy's boots were so broken that the wet had got in and saturated his stockings, so Nora made him take them all off and wear some old ones of Frankie's whilst his own were drying at the fire. Philpot, with two large paper bags full of oranges and nuts, arrived just as they |
|
|
|
|
