CHAPTER SEVEN A DAY WITH THE BEAVERS(第4/4页)

“And now,”said Mr. Beaver,pushing away his empty beer mug and pulling his cup of tea towards him,“if you’ll just wait till I’ve got my pipe lit up and going nicely-why,now we can get to business.It’s snowing again,”he added,cocking his eye at the window.“That’s all the better,because it means we shan’t have any visitors;and if anyone should have been trying to follow you,why he won’t find any tracks.”