There was silence for a few minutes and then Mary put her first question: "Do you always eat your meals with your parents, or only when you are at a curious place like this?"
"Why, we always do," Polly answered. "Where would you expect us to eat them? In the kitchen?"
"No," returned Mary; "in the nursery."
"There is no nursery here, you know," Molly informed her.
"Yes, I know; that is why I asked. But in the city, or in your own home you have a nursery?"
"Yes, we have," Polly told her, "but we don't eat there."
"Really?" Mary looked much surprised. "And do you come to the table with the grown persons?"
"Why, certainly."
"How curious!"
Polly looked at Molly. "Don't you ever go to the table with your parents?" asked Polly.