Perhaps they were both of them thinking strange things children do not usually think.

"I like the grand doctor from London, because he made them take the iron thing off," said Mary at last "Did he say you were going to die ?" "No.".
"What did he say ?" "He didn't whisper," Colin answered.

"Perhaps he knew I hated whispering.

I heard him say one thing quite aloud.

He said, 'The lad might live if he would make up his mind to it.