"Thank heaven!" said Robert.
William sat gazing into the distance, not seeing or hearing.
"William!" called his mother.
"All right," said William irritably. "I'm jus' thinkin' something out."
William's family went about their ways cautiously the next morning. They watched William carefully. Robert even refused an egg at breakfast because you never knew with that little wretch. But nothing happened.
"Fancy your going on April Fool's day without making a fool of anyone," said Robert at lunch.
"It's not over, is it?—not yet," said William with the air of a sphinx.
"But it doesn't count after twelve," said Robert.
William considered deeply before he spoke, then he said slowly: