Answer:
As soon as she arrived she went straight to the kitchen to see if the monkey was there. It was,
what a relief! She wouldn't have liked to admit that her Mother had been right. Monkeys at a birthday?
Her mother had sneered.
“Get away with you, believing any nonsense you're told!” She was cross, but not because of the
monkey, the girl thought; it's just because of the party.
"I don't like you going," she told her. "It's a rich people's party."
"Rich people go to Heaven too," said the girl, who studied religion at school.
"Get away with Heaven," said the mother.
"I’m going because I’ve been invited," she said. "And I’ve been invited because Luciana is my friend.
Explanation:
As you said above, the word "bob" means fencing and you want to know how this can have a double meaning related to homophobes.
This is what I see the 2 meanings as:
1. fencing, as in taking out your fencing sword
2. take out your penis, as penis would be another word for sword in plays/books such as the one you're reading - this would be relating to gays if the convo was btwn 2 men
Yes that could be a survival reference
