"Now, my dears," she said, "you have been very quiet, and it is time to dress;" and she offered the maid's help to dress Lucy and Emily.
"No, thank you, ma'am," said Lucy; "we have no one to wait upon us at home; we always dress each other."
"I wish," said Miss Darwell, "that I had a little sister whom I might dress; but Mrs. Colvin always dresses me," she added in a whisper to Lucy, "because she loves me, and I love her."
"But where is Henry?" said Mrs. Colvin.
They went to look, and there was he, sound asleep on the floor in the play-room, with Shem, Ham, and Japhet in his hands, and all the birds and beasts about him.
"Well," said Mrs. Colvin, "I did think he was the quietest boy that I had ever known, but he has lost a little credit with me now; most boys are quiet when they are asleep."
Emily stooped down and kissed him, which caused him to wake; but when he was aroused he looked about him in
such a surprised way that all the little girls laughed heartily, and he looked as if he felt ashamed.
Mrs. Colvin set him to pack up his ark, whilst she showed Emily and Lucy into a room to dress, saying:
"When you are ready, come to me, that I may see that all is right."