"I must say a word for myself!" cried this strange creature, with a hysterical outbreak of energy.

"I must say a word, or I shall burst!" With that extraordinary preface, she suddenly turned my way and poured out a perfect torrent of words on me.
"You hear how the Major speaks to me ?" she began.

"He blames me--poor Me--for everything that has happened.

I am as innocent as the new-born babe.

I acted for the best.