"Why, I don't go to bed till eight, and very often I run out and hide somewhere away from Julia, and don't come in till nearly nine. I haven't shown you half yet. I want to take you down to the pond where the fish are."
"We must go now," Chris said firmly. "I promised Mother we should be punctual."
"I don't think you're to be pitied at all, with all this," said Diana, waving her hands about. "I think you live in a lovely house, Inez; I should never, never be dull, and I should write stories about people being shut up in your castle, and soldiers outside trying to catch them."
"It's so dull being alone," said Inez with a pout. "I have nobody with me."
"You have two peoples always," said Noel, staring at her with big eyes.
"I've nobody I like."
"Don't you like God?"
"Oh, shut up, Noel!" said Chris. "And come on. We must not be late."
"Oh, what a good boy am I!" said Inez mockingly. "But I shan't let you go, so don't you think it. You can easily say you didn't know the time."
"But we do know the time, and we don't tell lies."