"I daresay they are obliged to." "Who obliges them ?" said Hugh.
"Oh, I don't know! The fairies, I suppose," said Jeanne.
"Was it the fairies you meant when you kept saying 'they' ?" asked Hugh.
"I don't know--perhaps--it's no use asking me," said Jeanne.

"Fairies, or dream-spirits, or something like that.

Never mind who they are if they give us nice things.

I am sure the frogs have been _very_ kind, haven't they ?" "Yes; you won't be so afraid of them now, will you, Jeanne ?" "Oh, I don't know.

I daresay I shall be, for they're quite different from _our_ frogs.