"Generally I have to look after the little ones," said Susie.
"Well, no one would eat them if they stayed here alone till you came back, would they, stupid?"
"No," said Susie, rather shortly.
She was not quite sure that she liked being called "stupid."
"I can't think how all this sand has got into your stockings," said nurse. "I should hope you didn't paddle after I left you, against my orders!"
There was silence, and in another moment Susie would have told the truth, but before the words came faltering out nurse spoke again.
"But there! I can trust you, with all your troublesome ways," she said.
And this time Susie could not speak.