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"Suppose others try to get in? People who aren't of the group?"
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"If they test high enough, we might let them in, if we have room. They'll give
us a norm to copy in public, higher than we ever had before, so that will be a
big help. And it will do them good. You know a person with an IQ of 152 is as
far from the average as a person with an IQ of 48. And most schools don't do a
thing for the kids above 120."
"Please tell me exactly what you plan to do," said Peter Welles, "and all
about it. Skip the buildings."
"I don't know that I can," said Timothy. "I haven't verbalized it yet. It's
all new in my mind, you see. I only began to think of it this week, because of
Elsie. We've got to set them all free, you understand. We've got to set them
all free right away. I thought I was in hiding and in bondage, but when I
heard about Elsie then I knew we have to do something about the others right
away. This school is the best way, because we won't have to hide so much we
can pretend to be about 150 instead of 100 and we can all be together, and you
two doctors can look after us and straighten out anybody that needs it. If any
of the others aren't free or aren't adjusted, it's a million times worse for
them than it was for me, don't you see? And a school seems so natural. If we
don't advertise it, I don't think we have to let in anyone who asks, and in
any case we can have tests and say we have our quota full or that applicants
don't quite make it. And don't worry about the money it'll come in fast
enough. I am sure that several of them have money already, like me, and once
we are free we can all earn ever so much more. And don't you see, we've got to
learn how to work together and help each other, all of us children? We can't
wait much longer, or we'll all be set in habits of solitude and secrecy, so
we'll never be right. We can be together, and be free and independent, and
have friends, and be helped, and help each other, and all work toward the same
things, and "
Tim had been talking so fast that he ran out of breath at last and had to stop
and gasp.
"Toward what things?"
Tim waved his arms.
"Towards whatever we have to do. For everybody."
"The things God meant us to do," agreed Elsie, who had been standing rapt, her
hands clasped, taking it all in.
"Some of them may not believe in God," said Welles. "Many people don't."
Elsie turned on him swiftly and snapped: "I don't know how to talk about
people like that if I can't say either 'stupid' or 'crazy.'"
"Well, don't bite me; I'm a Thomist," replied Welles mildly.
"What's that?"
"I'll lend you the Summa tomorrow and you can read it through before lunch,"
replied Welles.
A bell rang violently in the workshop.
"My alarm clock," said Tim. "I've got to go in. I ll do the plans, and we'll
get together pretty soon on all this."
"What do I have to do?" Peter Welles inquired. "It sounds to me as if you plan
to do it all yourselves."
"Oh, no, Peter!" Tim cried in alarm. "It all depends on you. You've got to
front for us, and find the others, and be the teachers too probably."
"Teachers!" roared Dr. Foxwell.
"That's just it. We need Peter and you especially to teach us how to be what
we ought to be, to keep us on the right track, to help us work together right;
you can see what Elsie needed! Others too must need help dreadfully. And we
are only children after all. Nothing takes the place of experience. You can
weld all these individuals into one group where each can help all and yet
nobody's individuality will be sacrificed "
"Timothy! Timothy!" came the call from the house.
"Yes, grandma!" Tim shouted back. "I'm coming!"
"Good night, Tim," said Welles, pushing the others toward the gate.
"My kittens!" Elsie remembered, and Tim hastily selected two and thrust them
into her arms.
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The men took her to Miss Page's door in a silence broken only by the child's
crooning endearments to the struggling, crying kittens.
"Good night," said Mark Foxwell to the child.
She looked up at him.
"Tim forgot to mention it," she said, "but the school will have to have a
dining hall and a kitchen. We can use the dining hall for a classroom,
sometimes. And we'll need a cook."
"Yes."
"My aunt is a wonderful cook," said Elsie. "My uncle can sell his grocery
store and buy one up here. He can give us a rate on all the things we'll need
to buy. And my aunt can do the cooking."
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