"Yes, I do," she said.

"But we can manage quite well without it.

Let us go, shall we, and see what can be done ?" "I'm afraid I'm very wicked," sighed Mrs.Lorimer.

"I'm very thankful to have you with us, dear.

I don't know what I should do without you." Avery's pretty mouth took an unfamiliar curve of grimness for a moment, but she banished it at once.