But the door was shut.
Then Tiny ran up and down on his feet, and cried at the key-hole,
"Lemme in! lemme in! lemme in! O Baby! I do love you! Truly sorry! lemme in!"
But it was too late then.
So Tiny stood outside the door and wished he hadn't. And that is what Adam spent his time doing outside the Gates of Eden. And it is what most of us spend a lot of time doing when it's too late. And it very often isn't till you stand outside and wish you hadn't, that you know how jolly it was inside, before you had.
Then Tiny turned away down the steps no more joggle now; and he was so sorry he blew his nose.
And Baby heard his nose go from her room above, and she knew, and thought,
"You dear old goose, you!" which was a very favourite thought of Baby's, and like Baby to think it just then.
And she tipped on her toes in the middle of the room, and saw Tiny going through the gate blowing his nose to take the water out of his eyes. And when she saw that, she waved to him, only he couldn't see her, and she didn't want him to, for after all she was teaching Tiny, and he had been about as bad as a man can be, which is pretty bad.
Then Baby picked up her skirts, and did some steps before the looking-glass.