'Hullo?'
'Are you good now?'
'You bet I'm good.'
'Will you give Miss Jane a nice kiss?'
'I will do,' said Frederick Mulliner, enthusiasm ringing in every syllable, 'just that little thing!'
'Then you may come out,' said Nurse Wilks. 'I have boiled you two more eggs.'
Frederick paled, but only for an instant. What did anything matter now? His lips were set in a firm line, and his voice, when he spoke, was calm and steady.
'Lead me to them,' he said.