"Did he say you were going to die ?" "No." "What did he say ?" "He didn't whisper," Colin answered.

"Perhaps he knew I hated whispering.

I heard him say one thing quite aloud.

He said, 'The lad might live if he would make up his mind to it.

Put him in the humor.' It sounded as if he was in a temper." "I'll tell you who would put you in the humor, perhaps," said Mary reflecting.