'I got to this bridge before you did,' she continued.
'I began to cross it first. And you, who are you? No one knows anything about you. I have been crossing this bridge for years.'
'More reason you shouldn't cross it now. My name is Nancy Wright, that's who I am.'
A princess could not have revealed her name more royally. She added, after a pause, 'And I mean to come over first, so go back.'
'Never! I never go back!'
'Then I shall push you over in the water.'
'Come on and try, then!'
Then there was silence; both the little people eyed each other defiantly, yet a little doubtfully, as if measuring one another's strength, and their faces grew eager at the coming contest.
'Boys always ought to give way to girls, always,' Nancy said, using her strongest plea; 'you're not a proper boy at all.'
'You're not a proper girl. You're wearing a boy's hat and a boy's jacket.'