I sleep on the opposite side of the landing.

I sit here most of the day.' 'I shouldn't like it.

My nursery is much prettier.

You must be a queen too, if you are my great big grand-mother.' 'Yes, I am a queen.' 'Where is your crown, then ?' 'In my bedroom.' 'I should like to see it.' 'You shall some day--not today.' 'I wonder why nursie never told me.' 'Nursie doesn't know.

She never saw me.' 'But somebody knows that you are in the house ?' 'No; nobody.' 'How do you get your dinner, then ?' 'I keep poultry--of a sort.' 'Where do you keep them ?' 'I will show you.' 'And who makes the chicken broth for you ?' 'I never kill any of MY chickens.' 'Then I can't understand.' 'What did you have for breakfast this morning ?' asked the lady.
'Oh! I had bread and milk, and an egg--I dare say you eat their eggs.' 'Yes, that's it.