And, both speaking at once, they told her about the play—such a frock as Ellaline Terriss had worn!—an e-nor-mous pink hat, pink like a rabbit's ear, and a frock, chiffon over pink satin.
Ah! That was better!
"But where's my bonnie boy?" Miss Cora demanded.
"Oh, let's show her the new one, the little Crowley baby!"
The little Crowley baby was brought in....
"May I invite myself to supper?" Louie asked by-and-by.
"Oh, do stop!"
"Then give me some stout or something. I'm not sleeping very well."
"Oh, we'll see that's all right——"
And when, at ten o'clock, Louie left, it was with a sleeping preparation in her pocket. She took it in bed. It did its work. Half Sunday had passed when next she awoke.