Half a dozen dolls; Half a dozen dolls; Half a dozen, Half a dozen, Half a dozen dolls.
she exclaimed:
"Trixy, has any one been here?"
"I can't tell you, 'cause it's a secret. Say, Aunt Fee, ain't the Trewmans awful rich? I should think they must be, if one of them can give away six dolls at a time."
"Oh, Trif!" exclaimed Fenie, posing like a tragedy queen, "'twas just as I feared."
"Trixy," said Trif gently as she seated herself and drew the child to her side, "when Miss Trewman was here, did——"
"Why, has she let out the secret already? Dear me! Some grown folks are leaky, as well as little girls, aren't they?"
"She told me nothing," replied Trif, "so I want you to tell me what you said to her."
"But, mamma dear, I can't, 'cause it's a secret and both of us are to tell it to you together."