Portrait of Jonathan (21 page)

‘I don't know.'

They moved forward again.

Giles took a step backwards and another.

‘Now, wait a minute, aaah …'

With flailing arms he fell backwards and sat down in the pool whilst the fountain showered over him.

‘You—you—wait,' he spluttered.

Jonathan and Lavinia burst out laughing, turned and, hand in hand, ran from the garden and across the smooth lawns to the house, whilst Giles sat beneath the fountain and smiled benignly after them.

First published in 1970 by Robert Hale

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