"It was perfectly fair Joy should take Winnie, and of course I wasn't bound to give up my nutting party and come home, just for her." "I'm not speaking of what is _fair_, Gypsy.

Strictly speaking, Joy had her _rights_, and you had yours, and the arrangement might have been called fair enough.

But what do you think honestly, Gypsy--were you a little selfish ?" Gypsy opened her eyes wide.

Honestly she might have said she didn't know.

She was by nature a generous child, and the charge of selfishness was seldom brought against her.