“O, never mind about her name,” said Royal. “She was going of an errand to carry a book.”
“That’s just like my errand,” said Lucy.
“After she had set out,” continued Royal, “her brother came and called to her, and she turned round to speak to him. While she was speaking to him, she kept walking on backwards.”
“Why, that’s me, Royal. I verily believe you are telling about me.”
“And she tripped over a root, and tumbled down,” continued Royal.
“It is nobody but me,” said Lucy, “I know, and I don’t want to hear that.”
“But that is a true story, and you said, before I began, that you liked true stories the best.”
“Well, I don’t,” said Lucy; “I like the extravagant stories the best.”
By this time, Lucy and Royal reached Mary Jay’s, and Lucy went in to do her errand, while Royal walked around behind the house to see the water post, which is described in the book called Lucy At Study.