"Male or female?" was of course the first question.
"Female," answered Dora.
"Old or young?"
"Um—m—m, pretty old," said Belle; "at least she was grown up."
"Is she alive now?"
"No," answered Bessie.
"Where did she live?"
"Well," said Lily, "she lived in a good many places. But not in this country. Generally in France or Scotland."
"Oh," said Nellie to whom this answer gave an inkling of the truth; but she passed on to the next.