Mix and sift the dry ingredients. Add the egg and the sour milk. Beat two minutes. Add the melted butter; beat one minute. Fill well-buttered muffin pans one-half full. Bake in a moderate oven twenty minutes.
CHAPTER CXX
BOB MAKES POP-OVERS
BETTINA was busily setting the table in the dining-room when Bob appeared.
"Oh, Bettina," said he in a disappointed tone, "why not eat in the breakfast alcove? I'd like to show MacGregor how much fun we have every morning."
"Won't he think we're being too informal?"
"I want him to think us informal. The trouble with him is that he doesn't know that any simple brand of happiness exists. His life is too complex. Of course we're not exactly primitive—with our electric percolator and toaster——"
"Sorry, Bob, but you can't use the toaster this morning; I'm about to stir up some pop-overs."