Book VIII headpiece
BOOK VIII.—A SURPRISE-PRESENT FOR BABY
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Then about next day the good old doctor rode over from the Castle very mysteriously, and asked to see Baby.
And when he had shut the door, and drawn his chair up very close, he told her in a whisper there was a Surprise-present coming for her from the King at the Castle; only she wasn't to tell any one, because it was a secret.
Then Baby opened her eyes, and whispered,
"Mayn't I know?"