"And me—"
"Are you ready for church?" Up the stairs floated Miss Kezia's voice.
"A minute, Aunt Kezia!"
There was a wild scattering and scramble.
Church was a good deal of a trial: but once Nell smiled suddenly, irresistibly. A thought had struck her. She whispered to Molly, "I know why he rushed off!"
"Why?"
Nell shook her head virtuously; and Molly went back to her own thoughts, which made her eyes water and smart uncomfortably. Once back at No. 35 Henley Road, Nell observed:—
"Oh, you dullards, don't you see why Ted rushed off? It was because he was afraid of the postman—his presents!"
"By Jove, so it was!"
"He wasn't wantin' to be thanked," said the Atom.