Bambi's face was scarlet, but she faced it out.
"Oh, not children, Ardelia—singular, you mean, I hope."
"No, I don't mean sing'lar. We don' want no singular chilluns. I mean jes' plain chilluns."
"The holiday seems to be peculiarly the children's day," said the Professor, unaware of the situation, and so saved it!
Thus it was that Jarvis was welcomed into the family circle again, and this time he became an integral part as he had never been before. The day after Christmas he came to Bambi with her story.
"You told me you had read this book, didn't you?"
"Yes, I've read it."
"What do you think of it?" he asked her, curiously.
"I adore it!" she replied.
He sat down beside her, gravely.