But I felt far from happy that evening at home, when something was said about my wanting to go again, and one of my brothers remarking that I must surely have enjoyed myself very greatly at my grandmother's, my father and mother looked at me kindly and said that their little Nelly liked to please others as well as herself.

Oh how guilty I felt! I hated having anything to conceal, for I was by nature very frank.

And oh, what a torment the poor cup and saucer were! I got rid of the bits by throwing them behind a hedge, but I could not tell where to hide my purchase, and I was so terribly afraid of breaking it.

It was a relief to my mind the next morning when it suddenly struck me that I need not take the saucer too, the cup was enough, as the original saucer was there intact, and the cup was much easier to carry by itself.
"When we got to the town my father let me down at my grandmother's without coming in himself at all, and went off at once to his business.
The door was open, and I saw no one about.

I made my way up to the drawing-room as quickly and quietly as possible; to my great satisfaction there was no one there.