"I should think that must have been worse than nurse's slipper. What was the goddess' name?"
"Juno."
"Did Juno call her thunderbolt a 'persuader'? That's what nurse called her slipper. Mother wouldn't let nurse use it and nurse didn't like it very well. She said it had been used on little Lord Roslyn and I guess she really thought it was too good to use on us because we haven't titles. But mother didn't believe in a persuader, even if it had persuaded a little English lord, and I'm sure we didn't!"
"I should say not!"
"Oh, Uncle Harold, I came near forgetting to tell you that my training can begin any time you like. I think father will be delighted if I go home with all my defects remedied."
"We will begin right after breakfast," said the General, delighted with this acquiescence.
"Breakfast is ready, sir," said Phyllis at the door.
"Phyllis," cried May in delight, "my uncle has forgiven me, and we are friends—great friends, aren't we, Uncle Harold?"
"Yes, my boy."