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BAMBI
might even meet him on the avenue! No, she would go home to-night, and let Jarvis come to her with news of his victory.
So she surprised the Professor at breakfast.
“Morning!” she cried.
“Bambi! We didn’t expect you so soon.”
“I finished what I had to do, so here I am.”
“And Jarvis?”
“Oh, he’s well.”
“Was he surprised to see you?”
“Very.”
“Is he getting on?”
“Slowly. But he will win.”
“If he can learn to be practical—”
“He’s learning,” said Bambi, grimly.
“When is he coming home?”
“He did not say.”
“Nobody buys his plays yet?”
“Not yet.”
“I’m not surprised. That woman, you know, in the play he read us—”
“Don’t talk about her till I get my breakfast.”
He looked at her in surprise, she was so seldom irritated. She rang for Ardelia.
