In summer I'd sometimes hide under a bush in the park, and the policeman would never see me until I slipped by him in the morning.

There was one policeman I hated like the devil, and I used to swear that I'd get even with him if it took me all the rest of my life." For a moment he paused, brooding complacently.

"I did get even with him, too," he added, "and it didn't take me more than twenty years." "You never forget anything ?" "Forget ?" he laughed shortly.

"When you find a thing I forget, it'll be so small you'll have to put on spectacles to recognize it!" She nodded comprehendingly.

"And after that ?" "After that they caught me and sent me to school, and I learned to read and write and do sums--I always had a wonderful head for figures--but after school I went on selling papers so I'd have something to eat---" The door burst open, and Archibald rushed in to show the evening clothes Gabriella had brought him from Paris.
"They are jolly, mother! May I keep them on ?" "If you like, dear, but they'll have to be altered a little.