The Farthing Doll was the first to break the silence.
“Perhaps,” she said sadly, “we had better start looking for that Well again. The Policeman told us that if we kept on we should come to it.”
“I am not sure that I trust the Policeman,” he answered. “It struck me that he wished, unobserved, to enjoy some food from the dolls’ house kitchen. He wanted to get rid of us.”
“What is to be done then?” she asked.
The Grocer thought for a long while. Then he spoke again.
“I have another idea,” he remarked. “Let us look for Truth not in the Well, nor in our Minds, but in our Hearts. Do you agree?”
“Yes, I do,” she said. “But how shall we set about it?”
“Let our Hearts speak,” he replied.