“You have not hurt me, darling; you never do,” gently replied the lady, returning the caress.
“Don’t I? I’m so glad! But somebody has been very wicked to make you so sorry. Who is it? Aunt Serious?”
“No, dear.”
“She’s awful. I thought it might have been her.”
“Oh, no, dear.”
“Then was it Uncle Paunchus?”
“No, Owlet.”
“He’s very aggravating, too, sometimes, you know.”
“But he has not displeased me, nor has any one here.”
“Then who was it? That is what I want to hear.”