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ing, and had to be polite, and give In to all those 

 cousins. 



He came back yesterday looking more sunburnt 

 than ever. He says he had a famous time, and 

 that all his cousins are coming to Warley Towers 

 to see him. " They must all come together," he 

 says, " and not keep spinning their visits out one 

 by one the whole summer. They're only funny 

 when they're all together." 



Tommy asked him how they looked and what 

 their names were. He answered that they all 

 looked like Kitty Contraries, Instead of Mary 

 Quite Contrary, and said that if he had to sing 

 about them he shouldn't mind a bit. He said he 

 called them whatever names came in his head, be- 

 cause six real names were too many to remember. 

 When he especially wanted to make them hear he 

 called out, " whizz, phlzz." 



" They made green eyes at me," he told 

 Tommy. 



Then Tommy asked what were their ages. 



" All about the same," Philip answered. 



" They can't be," Tommy said. 



" They are," Philip persisted. 



Then we both knew there was something wrong 

 with those six girl cousins, but what It was we 

 couldn't find out. 



We sometimes go to see Mrs. Todd when 

 Philip Is in one of his joking moods, but yesterday 

 we knew she was away from home. 



