“How did you get the idea to help Andrew?” laughed Di.

“Oh, but that was quite different,” said Gaston, “that came, because I did know so exactly, oh, so very exactly, what he was feeling.”

“But then,” asked Marygold, in genuine astonishment, “but then, Gaston, had you ever been tied up in a bee-hive?”

“No,” said Gaston, simply, “but I had been lonely, too.”

Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:
she was nurse to years ago=> she was nurse two years ago {pg 2}
their natual protectors=> their natural protectors {pg 10}
Andrew annouced after dinner=> Andrew announced after dinner {pg 29}
to be ignominously routed=> to be ignominiously routed {pg 46}
It you were one of our fellows at school=> If you were one of our fellows at school {pg 99}
hopping and and dancing a little=> hopping and dancing a little {pg 118}
Gaston dashed passed me=> Gaston dashed past me {pg 119}
Dalzant’s Martha’s contemptuous pity=> Delzant’s Martha’s contemptuous pity {pg 120}
pommes de terre sautèes=> pommes de terre sautées {pg 120}
teasing was quite as merciless as the boys=> teasing was quite as merciless as the boys’ {pg 130}
By this time, Di’s curiousity=> By this time, Di’s curiosity {pg 134}
you do know all about it quite well, you only pretending not to=> you do know all about it quite well, you are only pretending not to {pg 135}
There wouldn’t be be much real=> There wouldn’t be much real {pg 152}
said Lobbie=> said Libbie {pg 154}
It sound rather eerie, doesn’t it?=> It sounds rather eerie, doesn’t it? {pg 155}
cried Hubert and Marygold in one breadth=> cried Hubert and Marygold in one breath {pg 162}
These dorlorous plaints=> These dolorous plaints {pg 187}