"Oh, no; not so much as a week. We will say about two days."
"Once upon a time—"
"About two days ago?"
"Yes, dear. In a little white palace no larger than this house, there lived a king and a queen, a tall princess and a little princess."
"Oh oo!" said Flora.
"And the king could not always remain in the pretty palace, because it was necessary for him to go abroad to provide food and clothing for his family. The queen, the tall princess and the little princess, were his family."
"Yes," said Flora.
"And the tall princess could not always stay in the palace, because she expected to be a queen herself some day, and her mamma—I mean the queen—wanted her to be a wise one; so she sent her away to school every morning. But the queen and the little princess stayed in the palace, and it often happened that they were left at home together."
"Just like us."