"Only nothin."
But Baby dug him some more, and said,
"O you have!—look at the look of the back of his neck."
So Tiny came up from the weed rather red and sulky, and said,
"Only been teachin the boy manners—that's all."
Then Baby said,
"Well, I wish you'd leave teaching him to me," and she took Tiny's arm, and walked him up and down the grass-walk, with the dial at one end, and the herb-border on either side, all sweet in the evening, and taught him till he came good and nice and like you ought to be, if you are to live in That Country.
And next morning on his way down to the Fort, Tiny tapped at little old Lollypop's lattice, and said,
"Good-morning, kind Lollypop. Some red currants, please."
Then Lollypop came out in a sun-bonnet; and her face was all wrinkles and redness like an old crab-apple; and she picked some currants, and did them up in a bag, and wiped her hands on her apron, and gave them to Tiny, saying,