Chapter 39: Lazy Laurence

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌⁠Laurie went to Nice intending to stay a week, and remained a month. He was tired of wandering about alone, and Amy's familiar presence seemed to give a home-like charm to the foreign scenes in which she bore a part. He rather missed the "petting" he used to receive, and enjoyed a taste of it again; for no attentions, however flattering, from strangers, were half so pleasant as the sisterly adorati