"Yes, mamma."
"And I hope you were brave at the dentist's, and that he did not hurt you much?"
"Oh no, mamma. He did not hurt me at all."
"Not at all?" said his mother, surprised.
The nurse stepped forward at once.
"Mr. Harry did not have his tooth out, milady."
"No," said Harry slowly, looking at the nurse as if he were repeating a lesson, "the tooth was not taken out. It was not."
"Mr. Milson had been called away," continued the nurse glibly.
"Called away," echoed Harry.
"Then the expedition was all for nothing?" said Lady Louisa wearily.