"The happy little girls went with the dolls into the bow-window."—[Page 174].
"The happy little girls went with the dolls into the bow-window, and Mrs. Howard got her usual short sleep. They did not make any noise. In all their behaviour they showed that they had been well brought up.
"They drank tea with Mrs. Howard, and were very busy after tea in showing all the clothes to their old kind friend, and in packing them up in the trunk, and putting the dolls in the cradle, and restoring all the things to the place from whence they had been taken.
"Mrs. Howard saw them kiss the dolls, and heard them wish them a good-night when they had done.
"Mrs. Symonds had sent her green market cart and cloaks for her little girls. When the cart came they both kissed Mrs. Howard, and asked her if they had been quiet.
"'Very quiet, my dears,' she answered.
"'Then may we come again?'
"'You may, my darlings,' answered the old lady; 'and next Saturday shall be the day, if all is well.'
"The fair little creatures did come on the day fixed,
and the man who fetched them home that night brought Mrs. Howard a small cream cheese and several pats of fresh butter, with many, many thanks from Mrs. Symonds for her great kindness to her children.