"She didn't wave, you know." The needle in Miss Holbrook's fingers stopped short in mid-air, the thread half-drawn.
"Didn't--wave!" she stammered.

"What do you--mean ?" "Nothing," laughed the boy, turning away from the window.

"I forgot that you didn't know the story." "But maybe I do--that is--what was the story ?" asked Miss Holbrook, wetting her lips as if they had grown suddenly very dry.
"Oh, do you?
I wonder now! It wasn't 'The PRINCE and the Pauper,' but the PRINCESS and the Pauper," cited David; "and they used to wave signals, and answer with flags.

Do you know the story ?" There was no answer.

Miss Holbrook was putting away her work, hurriedly, and with hands that shook.