And when I've learnt to read a great deal, do you think the cuckoo would show us the way to fairyland ?" "I don't think it was that sort of learning he meant," said Griselda.
"But I dare say that would help.

I _think_," she went on, lowering her voice a little, and looking down gravely into Phil's earnest eyes, "I _think_ he means mostly learning to be very good--very, _very_ good, you know." "Gooder than you ?" said Phil.
"Oh dear, yes; lots and lots gooder than me," replied Griselda.
"_I_ think you're very good," observed Phil, in a parenthesis.

Then he went on with his cross-questioning.
"Gooder than mother ?" "I don't know your mother, so how can I tell how good she is ?" said Griselda.
"_I_ can tell you," said Phil, importantly.

"She is just as good as--as good as--as good as _good_.

That's what she is." "You mean she couldn't be better," said Griselda, smiling.
"Yes, that'll do, if you like.