? ? ? ? I was going away, when he directed my attention to the kite.
? ? ? ? 'What do you think of that for a kite?' he said.
? ? ? ? I answered that it was a beautiful one. I should think it must have been as much as seven feet high.
? ? ? ? 'I made it. We'll go and fly it, you and I,' said Mr. Dick. 'Do you see this?'
? ? ? ? He showed me that it was covered with manuscript, very closely and laboriously written; but so plainly, that as I looked along the lines, I thought I saw some allusion to King Charles the First's head again, in one or two places.
? ? ? ? 'There's plenty of string,' said Mr. Dick, 'and when it flies high, it takes the facts a long way. That's my manner of diffusing 'em. I don't know where they may come down. It's according to circumstances, and the wind, and so forth; but I take my chance of that.'
? ? ? ? His face was so very mild and pleasant, and had something so reverend in it, though it was hale and hearty, that I was not sure but that he was having a good-humoured jest with me. So I laughed, and he laughed, and we parted the best friends possible.
? ? ? ? 'Well, child,' said my aunt, when I went downstairs.
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