"O dear," she said, "is it possible that none of you have ever even heard of me! Surely one of my stories must have found its way to your house ?" "Do you write stories ?" Janet asked.
"Yes, I have written lots, but I'm afraid they don't sell as they ought to.

Of course, Godfrey Fairfax is not my real name; it is just the name I take as a writer, because people prefer that books should be written by a man rather than by a woman.

I am really Miss Redstone.

Why I called you in was to ask if you would be so very kind as to sit down and have some cake and milk while I read you my last story--quite a short one--and you can tell me what you think of it.

There are so few children that I know here, and it makes such a difference to get some real criticism.