"Are you very hungry, my dear? Shall I give you much or little?"
"None, thank you, papa," was the answer.
"A few peas, my dear, then?" said her mother.
"None, thank you, mamma," replied Emily.
Mrs. Fairchild offered potatoes or tart.
"None, thank you, mamma," was Emily's answer to every offer.
Mrs. Fairchild seemed rather surprised, but was still more so when Henry, who was always provided with a good appetite, gave exactly the same answers which Emily had done. She supposed, however, that the children had supped already, and said:
"What did Betty give you, my dears?"
Emily told her mother, but coloured very much while
speaking, and there was something their parents thought rather odd in both their faces.