And then, for a few moments, nobody knew what to say.
Lenny was the first to speak:
“Tate me home now see Doosa. Met, I do ’id you—you tate me.”
Meg was confounded for a few moments, and then her mother-wit came to her aid, and she answered:
“But Doosa is coming here herself to take Lenny home.”
“Doosa tome here, tate Lenny home?”
“Yes, and Lenny must be a good boy till Doosa comes.”
“Doosa say so?”
“Yes, Doosa say so.”
“Den Lenny will—” he said, gaping, and adding: