She did not understand.
'Please, Madam, would you kindly go into the nursery; Master Archie wishes you to come and hear about the golden--something he's just made up like,' said Dilly's nurse with an expression of resignation.
Edith jumped up at once.
'Oh dear! Tell Master Archie I'm coming.' She ran into the nursery and found Archie and Dilly both looking rather excited; Archie, fairly self-controlled, with a paper in his hand on which was a rough sketch which he would not let her see, and hid behind him.
'Mother,' Archie began in a low, solemn voice, rather slowly, 'the golden quoribus is the most horrible animal, the most awful-looking animal, you ever heard of in _your_ life!' 'Oh-h-h! How awful!' said Edith, beginning to shiver.

'Wait a moment--let me sit down quietly and hear about it.' She sat down by the fire and clasped her hands, looking at him with a terrified expression which was part of the ritual.
Dilly giggled, and put her thumb in her mouth, watching the effect with widely opened eyes.
'Much more awful than the gazeka, of course, I suppose ?' Edith said rather rashly.
'Much,' said Dilly.
'(Be quiet, Dilly!) Mother!' he was reproachful, 'what do you mean?
The gazeka?
Why--the gazeka's nothing at all--it's a rotten little animal.
It doesn't count.

Besides, it isn't real--it never was real.

Gazeka, indeed!' 'Oh, I beg your pardon,' said Edith repentantly; 'do go on.' 'No...

the golden quoribus is far-ar-r-r-r more frightening even than the jilbery.