"No, I aren't," replied Diana. "I is the gweat Diana; I has got a bow and arrow, and I'll shoot you if you is not kind."
"Oh, lor'! Now, missy, you would not be so cruel as that?"
"Yes, I would," replied Diana. "See this box in my hand? It's an awfu' pwecious box—it has got spiders in it and two beetles. May I put the poor darlin's loose in my room?"
Now, if Simpson had a horror, it was of spiders and beetles.
"You keep that box shut, miss," she said, "for if you dare to open it in your bedroom I'll just go straight down and tell my mistress."
"And then you'll get punished, Diana," said Mary, in her most annoying voice.
"Is you a cousin?" asked Diana, by way of reply.
"Certainly I am." Mary opened her round eyes in some astonishment.
"Is you my cousin?"
"Yes; I am your first cousin."