The child herself answered her question. She jumped on a chair and extended an arm for silence.
"Ready?" she cried. "Now!"
"'THE LIFE AND BATTLES OF BUCK CAUSTON,'"
she declaimed in her most ringing voice,
"'Being the Full Story and Only Authorised Life of this Famous Pugilist'—
("Causton's uncle, don't forget, girls)—
"'Revised by Himself and now Published for the First Time—including his Historic Encounter with the Great Piker Betteridge'—
("Piker Betteridge—'Piker'—isn't it lovely?)
"'Entered at Stationers' Hall and All Rights Reserved
"'Price One Penny'"
B. Minor drew out every syllable of the linked sweetness, and concluded;