Nothing happened except that Jack was nearly knocked backwards by the "kick"; but he was very proud of the bruise, and when he returned to Chiswick showed it to his father and to William in triumph.
It was getting purple then, with green edges, and Dr.Rotheram pronounced it one of the best bruises he had ever seen.

"Good enough," he said, "to have killed a lion with." "Yes," said William, "instead of missing a rabbit." Mrs.Pescod, of course, wanted the children to sleep indoors, but they would not.

"It is our very last night in the caravan," said Janet, "and we couldn't give it up." So Mrs.Pescod instead made them promise to come to breakfast, and gave them each a large cake of her own making in case they felt hungry in the night..