I'm afraid 'twasn't quite true last night.

I did feel rather funny, though, in my windpipe, now honest." There seemed to be no other way but to wait and go home with the rest of the children.

Dotty tried to think there might be time enough, after all, to find the rings.
They started for the Park.
"May I depend upon you, Master Horace, to take the entire charge of your little sister!" said Mrs.Pragoff, fastening her ermine cloak with fingers which actually trembled; "I confess I haven't the courage; and I see you understand managing her perfectly." Of course Horace always expected to take care of Topknot.

He would gladly have done a much harder thing for a lady who was so polite, and appreciated him so well.
Mrs.Pragoff gave a hand to Prudy and Dotty, saying gayly, as they all five took a car for the Park,-- "'Sound the trumpet, beat the drum; Tremble, France; we come! we come!'" There was just enough snow to whiten the ground, but none to spare.
Everybody was determined to make the most of it while it lasted, and the Park was full of people sleigh-riding.

It was really a wonderful sight.
There were miles and miles of sleighs of all sorts, shaped like sea-shells, cradles, boats, water-lilies, or any other fanciful things.
The people in them were so gay with various colors, that they looked like long lines of rainbows.