Lucy answered, in a loud voice,
“Here I am, Royal,—here, in Miss Anne’s room.”
Royal advanced to the door of Miss Anne’s room, and looked in. He had his cap on, and seemed to be in haste.
“Come, Lucy,” said he, “let’s go and make our boat.”
“Well,” said Lucy, “just wait till I have pricked two more lines.”
“Pricked,” said Royal,—“what do you mean by pricking?”
Royal came up to the little table where Lucy was at work, and looked over her shoulder, while she explained to him what she was doing.
“I am going to find every o there is on this page, and prick them all. I have pricked down to here already, and now I have got only two lines more to prick, and then I shall come out.”
“O, come out now,” said Royal, “and let the pricking go.”
“No,” said Lucy, “I must wait and finish my work.”