"I have done what I can to make a happy day for you. Cannot you let mother and me have a bright face in return?"
"I didn't mean to be nasty and ungrateful," whispered Josie.
"I am sure you did not, and you will not be."
"Only you don't know how tired I do get of London, and having nobody to play with," said Josie.
"You have had no one to play with to-day."
"I've had you."
Leveson was silent a moment.
"Josie," he said at length, "many a poor little child in the streets of London cannot obtain such a sweet glimpse of beauty and freshness as you have had now to carry away with you."
"They don't know what country is, so they don't miss it," said Josie.
"I think that makes the matter only more grievous."