“I like it quite well myself,” he replied getting up and looking at the work cap which Margaret was about to trim with the rickrack braid.
“How does your cap go on your head, My Lady?” he asked.
“It has an elastic in the casing and is just a plain round cap,” answered Margaret.
“The frill falling around your face will look very sweet with these little white points on it,” Sir Bodkin said looking admiringly at his little mistress. “In fact you’ll look like a princess and you are one, anyway, for:
“No queen or princess holds more sway,
Or has more subjects loving,
Than she who makes the home more gay
And daily tasks is doing.
Now any child with loving heart
And willing hands, though royal,