James said suddenly: “Well⁠—I don’t know, I can’t tell.”

It so exactly expressed the sentiment of everybody present that there was something behind everything, that nobody responded. But at this moment Aunt Hester returned.

“Timothy,” she said in a low voice, “Timothy has bought a map, and he’s put in⁠—he’s put in three flags.”

Timothy had⁠—! A sigh went round the company.

If Timothy had indeed put in three flags already, well!⁠—it showed what the nation could do when it was roused. The war was as good as over.

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