Tea is the thing for this hour." "Three lumps, is it not ?" said the girl, smiling at him.

"You see, I remember, though you really don't deserve it.

And here is Pat with the sandwiches." "Yes! a whole plate for yourself, Captain Jack," said Patricia.

"Come and sit by me here." "No indeed!" said her sister with a bright glow on her cheeks.

"Jack is going to sit right here by the tea-pot, and me," she added, throwing him a swift glance.
"No! you are both wrong, children," said their mother.