“He is asleep.”
“I’ll tell the kids a story if you like.”
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]“They are playing quite happily.”
“Shall I help Lizzie get the baths?”
“No, thank you.”
Human Buds said that silent displeasure was often the hardest punishment a mother could inflict.
The boy sighed and went off into the dining-room.
“[Why don’t you put salt on the bread, old man?]”
“Dry bread, I s’pose,” he muttered.