Читать книгу The Complete Works of Algernon Blackwood. Novels, Short Stories, Horror Classics, Occult & Supernatural Tales, Plays онлайн

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'You took them straight into the Crack, you know,' Joan said from her seat below.

'Everything came true,' Nixie's voice was heard overhead among the branches.

Jonah clattered down past them and scampered across the lawn with Toby at his heels, for their bedtime was close at hand. The other three lay there, half hidden, a little longer, while the shadow crept down from the hills and gathered underneath They could no longer see each other properly. For a time there was silence, stirred only by the fain rustle of the ilex leaves. Each was thinking long deep thoughts. 'Next week,' said Joan quietly, as though to herself, 'the other lot will come. Your sister's as good as gold about it all.'

Then, after a pause, Nixie's voice dropped down to them again:

'And had some of them really never seen a wood before?' she asked. 'Fancy that! When I grow up I shall have a big wood made specially for them—the "Wood for Lost Children "I shall call it. And you'll see about the tents and cooking, won't you, Uncle Paul? Or, perhaps,' she added, 'by that time I shall know how to make a real proper stew and porridge, and be able to tell them stories round the fire as you did. Don't you think so?'