Chapter ThreeKyla waited until Nanny had reached the Bowling Green.
Then, when she thought that she would be concealed from the house by a box hedge, she took her restraining hand from Terry’s shoulder.
He sprang forward and ran through the bushes to Nanny, throwing his arms round her neck when he reached her.
“Nanny, Nanny,” he cried, “We have come to you to save us.”
Nanny looked at him in bewilderment.
Then, as Kyla joined them, she said,
“Miss Kyla! Whatever are you both doin’ here?”
“We want you to help us, Nanny,” Kyla replied. “And I have so much to tell you.”
As she spoke, she looked at the little girl standing beside Nanny.
“We have run away,” Terry told her. “And as we were very very frightened, we came to you.”
“Now, I don’t know what frightened you,” Nanny said, “but
