Wanted to eat me." "Poor Seth! And he used to be SO particular in his food," said the witty Cressy.
Mr.Stacey was convulsed.

"And there's Mr.Dabney--Uncle Ben," he continued, "eh?
Very quiet but very sly.

A dark horse, eh?
Pretends to take lessons for the sake of being near some one, eh?
Would he were a boy again because somebody else is a girl ?" "I should be frightened of you if you lived here always," returned Cressy with invincible naivete; "but perhaps then you wouldn't know so much." Stacey simply accepted this as a compliment.

"And there's Masters," he said insinuatingly.
"Not Joe ?" said Cressy with a low laugh, turning her eyes to the door.
"Yes," said Stacey with a quick, uneasy smile.

"Ah! I see we mustn't drop HIM.