"You have a river here, haven't you, somewhere in the city?" asked the old woman.
"Yes," said Audrey; "and it's beautiful in summer-time, it's covered with boats."
"And barges," said Stephen.
"Yes, but the barges are ugly," said Audrey. "But the boats are lovely, and sometimes they have a sail up, and then I like them best of all. One day me and Stephen went down on the new walk by the river, and we sat on one of the seats and watched them."
"Have you ever been over the river?" said Granny Robin.
"Yes, heaps of times," said Audrey.
"Did you swim across?" asked the old woman.
"Oh no, Granny, I should be drowned if I fell in! There's bridges, you know—great big bridges. There's the pay bridge, where you pay a halfpenny to go across, and there's two more; but Aunt Cordelia always goes over the pay bridge."
"Are you afraid of falling in when you're on the bridge, Audrey?"
"Oh no; it's so strong, Granny Robin. Hundreds of folks go over it every day."