"I suppose they know all the old knights, and those people in ruffs, with their sons and daughters kneeling behind them, now. That is, if they were good, and went to heaven."
"Who do you suppose know the people in the ruffs?" asked the bewildered tutor.
"Amy and Lucy St. John," said I; "the children who died last."
"Well, Regie, you certainly do say the most singular things," said Mr. Clerke.
But that was a speech he often made, with the emphasis as it is given here.
CHAPTER XXII
NURSE BUNDLE FINDS A VOCATION—RAGGED ROBIN'S WIFE—MRS. BUNDLE'S IDEAS ON HUSBANDS AND PUBLIC-HOUSES
I was very happy under Mr. Clerke's sway, and yet I was glad to go to school.