They rushed out of the room and down the stairs to meet her. They found her in the front hail, and Purling, the old butler, was taking her wet umbrella from her.
"She's come in at the front door!" said Daffy, in awed tones.
Dreamikins looked up at them with her radiant smile.
"Did you come all by yourself?" asked Freda.
Dreamikins opened her lips quickly, then shut them tight, and waited quite a moment before she spoke.
"I was just going to say 'Yes,'" she said. "I wanted to say it, but Cherubine pinched me, so I knew I mustn't. Annette brought me to the gate and then I got her to leave me."
"Where did Cherubine pinch you?" asked Daffy curiously.
"Oh, just inside my heart," Dreamikins answered airily. "She gets in there and does what she likes."
Then she kissed her friends rather solemnly, and followed them upstairs to the nursery without saying another word.
Nurse welcomed her quite kindly. Dreamikins in a clean white frock, and her best manners, brought a smile to Nurse's lips.