"And I wunned away."
"But who do you mean by your lady?"
"My lady," said Georgie, turning dense.
"Your governess?" guessed Carlton.
"Oh, my governess, my governess!" cried Georgie, roaring with laughter because the word was new to him, but made a splendid expletive: "oh, my governess, gwacious me!"
"Well, whoever it is," muttered Carlton, "she oughtn't to have lost you; and you stay with me until she finds you."
"That's good," said Georgie, with conviction. "I liker stay wif you."
Carlton caught the child up suddenly, and swung him shoulder-high. What a laugh he had! And what a firm boy, so heavy and straight and strong! Carlton sat down in his barrow, taking the little fellow on his knee, yet holding him at arm's length for self-control.
"How can you like being with a person you've never seen before?" asked Carlton, tremulous again, for all his strength.
"'Cos I heard you makin' somekin," said Georgie, who was looking about him. "What are you makin', I say?"