And so I said it would be very nice.

And so I thought this morning that Rubens and I would drop in and see Mr.Andrewes.And so we did; and we didn't tell because we wanted to come alone, for fun." With this explanation the fullest harmony was restored; and my father sat down whilst Mr.Andrewes and I finished our luncheon and Rubens had his.

I gave an account of the garden in terms glowing enough to satisfy the pride of the warmest horticulturist, and my father promised a new rake, and drank a glass of sherry to the success of my "gardening without a gardener." But as we were going away I overheard him saying to Mr.Andrewes, "All the same, a boy can't be with a nurse for ever.

She has every good quality, except good English.

And he is not a baby now.