“Does that mean amuse us?” inquired Polly. “What long words you do use, don’t you?”
Apologetic for having wandered out of his depth, he replied:
“That means amuse us. That is exactly what it means. There are many other wonders besides the ponies, and we shall see them all. Ladies and gentlemen in spangled dresses, and elephants and lions and tigers.”
Polly became observant of the teapot, with a curled-up nose indicating some uneasiness of mind.
“They never get out, of course,” she remarked as a mere truism.
“The elephants and lions and tigers? Oh, dear no!”
“Oh, dear no!” said Polly. “And of course nobody’s afraid of the ponies shooting anybody.”
“Not the least in the world.”
“No, no, not the least in the world,” said Polly.
“I was also thinking,” proceeded Barbox, “that if we were to look in at the toy-shop, to choose a doll—”