“And then you thought I did! Oh, you dear little goose!”
“I couldn’t help thinking so at first. How did you happen to get the one you sent?”
“Why, little Lena,—the youngster where I live,——”
“Oh, is she a little black-haired beauty?”
“A little black-haired witch! Yes, she’s a good-looking kiddy——”
“How old?”
“Sixteen, I believe. What, jealous!”
“N-no; but you don’t like her much, do you?”
“She’s a little nuisance! I’d fly the coop, only I’m well fixed there and it’s a bother to move.”
“Did she tell you to send it to me?”