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Rh "Would n't your nurse tell you one, if you was n't sleepy?"

Bobby laughed derisively.

"She'd say, 'You are a very naughty boy, and if I don't find that you are asleep when I look in again, I 'll tell your papa!'"

Moti gave the little toss of her head which was a habit with her.

"I 'm glad I have a nicer nurse than your's!" she said.

But Bobby was not ready to admit that this was the case, though he thought his nurse severe in some ways. The children got into an argument which was on the point of becoming a dispute, when Cousin Polly came to the rescue with the delightful news that all the good-tempered people in the family were going to drive. At this, Bobby and Moti first hung their heads, and then laughed, and ran to get dressed.

Before his arrival, Dilâl had been the object of all kinds of surmises on the part