"I'm thinkin' maybe it'll make Tommy's left leg grow as long as the other one!"
"I'm afraid it won't do that, asthore."
Her face fell.
"I'm glad I didn't mention it to him," she said earnestly. "I didn't on purpose, because I wasn't wantin' to give false hopes to him, you see."
Nell bent and kissed her.
"It will make him strong and well, anyway."
Sheila Pat nodded. She went across to James O'Driscoll.
"In a fortnight and two days we'll introduce you to your cousin!" she said.
That evening Nell went into her bedroom. She came upon an absorbed Atom, kneeling before her treasure box.
"What are you doing, Sheila Pat?"