W.—That is a mistake. You should carefully dry the plants and stick them in a book, with a minute description of each specimen written on the opposite page.
E.—I can't stick anything in a book, because Mamma doesn't like me to use her gum, and I have only fish-glue.
W.—Fish-glue is, for certain purposes, a most valuable substance. It has even been known to cure cecity or blindness. Thus, Tobit——
E.—Don't talk about Tobit. Are you coming to make a daisy-chain?
W.—Never.
E.—Shall we play at battledore? I have a heavy shuttlecock and a light one, whichever you like best.
W.—That is because the density of cork varies in a very marked manner. That brought from the West Indies——
E.—Don't talk about the West Indies during play-time. Are you coming to play at battledore?
W.—On no account.
E.—Very well, then, you may stay with your Egyptians, your South Sea Islanders, and your West Indies, while I go and play in the garden. I think you are rather a prig. (Exit.)