25/36 She looked at him and laughed. She had been praised and petted, and then, in the hall, had run into her father's arms. He was in his top-hat, going down to his old city, looking, the nurse thought, "just like a monkey." But Nancy stayed, holding on to the leg of his trousers. Suddenly he bent down and whispered: "Were they nice to you in there ?" "Yes. Why weren't you there ?" "I was. |