“And we paddle and bathe. Do you like bathing?”
“Going into the sea?”
“Yes.”
“Oh, no! Mother says I mustn't, because it'll hurt my hair. Do you like my hair?”
“Yes,” said Jeremy, blushing at so direct an invitation to compliment.
“Mother says I've got to be very careful of my hair because it's my chief beauty.”
“Yes,” said Jeremy.
“I have a maid, Alice, and she brushes a whole hour every morning and a whole hour every evening.”
“Don't you get very tired?” asked Jeremy. “I know I should.”
“Mother says if you have such beautiful hair you must take trouble with it,” Charlotte gravely replied.