“Breakfast!”

Miss May Mant woke her with a start.

“Oh!”

“I laid it to-day in the stalls.”

“Extraordinary child.”

“Crumbs in the boxes, I’ve noticed, encourage mice.... They must come from the spring, I think, under the stage.”

“One ought to set a trap!”

“Poor creatures ... they enjoy a good play, I expect, as much as we do,” Miss Mant murmured, setting down the kettle she was holding and lowering her cheek graciously for a kiss.

“Well?”

“You were asleep.”