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Автор Bond Michael

First published in Great Britain by William Collins Sons and Co. Ltd in 1968

New edition published by Collins in 1997

This edition first published by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2008 This edition published in 2018

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Source ISBN: 9780006753667

EBook Edition © OCTOBER 2011 ISBN: 9780007403059

Version: 2018-05-23

Contents

1. A Day to Remember

2. Paddington Hits Out

4. Paddington Finds a Cure

5. Paddington and the ‘Finishing Touch’

6. Everything Comes to Those Who Wait

Paddington Goes to Town

About the Author

Other Books by Michael Bond

About the Publisher

MRS BROWN STARED at Paddington in amazement. “Harold Price wants you to be an usher at his wedding?” she repeated. “Are you sure?”

Paddington nodded. “I’ve just met him in the market, Mrs Brown,” he explained. “He said he was going to give you a ring as well. ”

Mrs Brown exchanged glances with the rest of the family as they gathered round to hear Paddington’s news.

Harold Price was a young man who served on the preserves counter at a large grocery store in the Portobello Road, and the events leading up to his forthcoming marriage to Miss Deirdre Flint, who worked on the adjacent bacon and eggs counter, had been watched with interest by the Browns, particularly as it was largely through Paddington that they had become engaged in the first place.

It had all come about some months previously when Paddington had lent a paw at a local drama festival in which Miss Flint had played the lead in one of Mr Price’s plays.

A great many things had gone wrong that evening, but Mr Price always maintained afterwards that far from Paddington causing a parting of the ways, he and Miss Flint had been brought even closer together. At any event, shortly afterwards they had announced their engagement.