... Nancy sat on the grass, nursing her doll, and watching three small rampant feathers on Fräulein Müller's hat, nodding, like little plumes on a hearse, in time with something she was reading.
"What are you reading?" asked Nancy.
Fräulein Müller went on nodding, and read aloud: "'Shine out, little het, sunning over with gurls.'"
"What?" said Nancy.
"'Shine out, little het, sunning over with gurls,'" repeated Fräulein Müller.
"What does mean 'sunning over with girls'?" cried Nancy, frowning.
"Gurls, gurls—hair-gurls!" explained Fräulein.
"Curls! Are you sure it is curls?" said Nancy, dropping her doll in the grass, and folding her hands. "Read it again. Slowly."