No one could make too much of the three children that day. They were invited out to tea to every house in the court, and sweets, and cakes, and pennies were showered upon them, till the two mothers declared they would be quite spoilt, and till Jack announced he would not much mind spending another night in the tower, if they got all these good things when they came home. But Poppy and Sally shook their heads at this, and would not agree with him.
CHAPTER VI.
POPPY WRITES A LETTER.
oppy, I want you to write a letter for me, darling,' said her mother one day.
'Is it to my father?' asked the child.
'No, Poppy; it isn't to your father.'
'Why do you never write to my father, mother?' asked Poppy.
Her mother did not answer her at once, and Poppy did not like to ask her again. But after a few minutes her mother got up suddenly and shut the door.