She smiled, and a look of deep content shone in her eyes.
"You might cut me a slice of that bread, mother," said Stanley.

"I've only twelve and a half minutes before the coach passes.

Has anyone given my shoes to the servant girl ?" "Yes, they're ready for you." Mrs.Fairfield was quite unruffled.
"Oh, Kezia! Why are you such a messy child!" cried Beryl despairingly.
"Me, Aunt Beryl ?" Kezia stared at her.

What had she done now?
She had only dug a river down the middle of her porridge, filled it, and was eating the banks away.

But she did that every single morning, and no one had said a word up till now.
"Why can't you eat your food properly like Isabel and Lottie ?" How unfair grown-ups are! "But Lottie always makes a floating island, don't you, Lottie ?" "I don't," said Isabel smartly.