"Oh, that's all right. It's like when people say you have musical talent, and you know you play like the dickens."
"Yes, I do. Well, now I'll finish this, then we can go down to the beach."
"'And so, dear Mr. and Mrs. Geary Both, I write to say I am much obliged——'
"Oh, my gracious, King, I ought to tell them how it happened. About my mistake, you know, thinking Mother was talking in earnest."
"Oh, don't tell 'em all that, you'll never get it done. But I suppose they are curious to know. Well, cut it short."
"'You see, dear Mr. and Mrs. Geary Both, I am not a findling, as I supposed.'"
"That's not findling, Midget,—you mean foundling."
"I don't think so. And, anyway, they mean just the same,—I'm going to leave it.
"'I find I have quite a large family, with a nice father and mother, some sisters and a brother. You saw my father. Also, I have lovely cousins and four grand-parents and an uncle. So you see I am well supplied with this world's goods. So now, good-by, dear Mr. and Mrs. Geary Both, and with further thanks and obliges, I am,
"'Your friend,
"'Marjorie Maynard.