Neither Suzanna nor Maizie could understand that statement. But Miss Massey blushed till her face was like a lovely flower.
Yet when Suzanna appeared to be about to take up a new line of questioning, Miss Massey spoke quickly:
"I think you'd like some lemonade, wouldn't you, Suzanna, you and your sister? I'll go and order some for you."
She went out of the room. The man waited for a moment, then handing the baby to Suzanna, followed Miss Massey.
"Would you like to live here, Suzanna?" asked Maizie.
"No, I don't like people around with brass buttons on their coats," said Suzanna. "And then there'd be so much cleaning we'd never get through."
At the moment came an unmistakable sound.
"The Eagle Man!" cried Suzanna with absolute conviction. "I thought he was sick."
And indeed it was just exactly the Eagle Man. Straight he came to the library. He paused in the doorway at sight of the children. All the high color had faded from his face; he looked alarmingly ill.
"Oh," cried Suzanna, immediately upon sight of him. "We came to see you and to bring you these daisies."