Chapter 12 FREE WHEEL

Roma?a gasped when Tim declared his intention.

"It is madness," he said. "Your father charged me to have care of you. I must forbid it."

"I don't care what you say. I am going to get my bike. Do you know that it cost ￡60 in London? Besides, I am not going to let the Prefect's fellows have it."

"But consider," said Roma?a anxiously. "I don'