"Is Karri a man, then?"
"Yes; but he's got two women's names, isn't that funny? One's Karri and the other's Eve. I'll show you his photo."
She ran to the other side of the room, grabbed a frame from a table, and brought it back triumphantly.
"There!" she cried, and dumped it into Poppy's lap.
Poppy stared down into the pictured face of the man she loved.
Mrs. Portal reappeared.
"Oh, Cinthie, I've heard all about it from Sarah, and I'm very angry with you. I knew you had been doing something specially wicked. You're a petite méchante."
"Pas!" said Cinthie stoutly.
"You are. Go away, now, to the nursery. I'm very angry with you."
Cinthie retreated, bitterly reasseverating: