Just then, Fidge, who had been playing on87 the shore, ran back with the news that the little thin fish wanted to speak to them.

"There ought to be a marquee like we had at the choir treat," said Fidge.

One can almost see Mr. Fidge and Mr. Padge drolling it in his pages.

And Dick, having given Fidge a very long start, and Marjorie a slight advantage, declared himself ready to begin.