"Did you ever go?"
"Heaps and heaps of times," said Tom.
"And who are the twins?"
"I don't know."
"But their name, Tom?" she urged.
"I truly don't know, mummy."
"O Tom!"
Tom too had broken down, and his arms were round her neck.
"O mother, Susie didn't mean to go. She often and often didn't want to. Don't be angry with Susie. Nurse often said, 'I can't think where you get your stockings in such a mess.' But the twins asked Susie, and she went; often and often she didn't want to—"
"Poor Susie," said Mrs. Beauchamp.