"Fancy having a nurse you could call an old dear!"
Freda looked quite shocked.
"Our nurse is the most important person in the whole world. If the King and Queen were to tell her they wanted to see us, she would say:
"'Not to-day, Your Majesty. When I see fit I will let you know.'"
Daffy gave a little chuckle.
"That's Nurse's favourite saying, 'When I see fit!' She's much more proud than kings and queens are."
"Yes," Freda went on; "so, you see, Nurse has brought us down here, and Purling, and Cook, and a few of the others have come too. Mr. Fibo, what is a 'purse-proud rich'?"
"A rich person who is proud of the money in his purse."
Freda nodded.
"Of course! That ridic'lous, disgusting boy who rides the butcher's horse had an argyment with me yesterday. I was sitting on the park wall when he came by, and my legs was—were on the road side, you know. He said we were that. Why, Daffy and me have never been rich in our lives! Why, I've only sevenpence and a farthing in my purse now; and how much have you, Daffy?"