“Oh, no.”
“I wish you did.” This escaped her before she could think. Strange, that some magic power in this child had already made her say as much as had said.
“I must go now,” he said sorrowfully. “But I’ll be out this afternoon—I guess.”
Eepersip fell on her knees in front of him and said entreatingly: “Will you do something for me?”
“I will—maybe.”
“Don’t tell anybody about me.”
“Why?”
“Never mind why, but don’t, will you?”
“I want to.”
“Then I won’t play with you any more.”