"What's a berbarry haige?" inquired Launcelot.
"A nice little row of bushes trimmed evenly, so that it makes a low fence," explained Miss Billy. "Listen, children, some one is calling."
Mrs. Lee, who had come around the walk, smiled down at the little group on the grass, whose full hands and happy faces bore testimony of a pleasant morning. "Your mother will be all right in a day or two," she said, "and Holly Belle wants you to come home for dinner."
The children rose with reluctance.
"Kin we come again?" asked Ginevra wistfully, as she gathered her little charges.
"Of course you can," said Miss Billy. "I'd love to have you here, if you like to come. How would you like to spend two hours with me every Saturday morning?"
"What 'ud we do?" inquired Launcelot.
"Oh, lots of pleasant things: We can sew and read, and play games, and sing. I can find enough for you to do, never fear."
"How much do we have to pay?" inquired Aaron Levi cautiously.
"Not a cent," laughed Miss Billy. "The only price is clean hands and face. We'll meet out here in the yard, and I'll raise children as well as flowers. You'll be my child garden, you see. Come at nine next Saturday, and we'll have another good time."