"Regulations."
Then how they all laughed and hugged each other over again, for there were only the wild birds to see.
"Well, certainly, if brevity be the soul of wit, you have improved in one line," said Rose.
"They teach it out there," said Magnus. "'Mr. Kindred, your head is on one side, sir!'—'Yes, sir. Which side, sir?'"
"And what did you get for being so saucy?" asked the mother, as the laugh died away.
"Nothing that time. Even Towser can't skin a man unless he gets hold of him. But wherever is Cherry? When you all came out of the first bush, I thought she would jump out of the second."
"She's at home," said Rose. "We wanted her to come, and she wouldn't."
"But she did the first time," said Violet eagerly; "the first day we thought you might come."
"Oh, ho!—and as I didn't show up then she put on her high-heeled shoes," said Magnus. "Girls are all just alike the world over."