It was some time before Mother learned all the curious adventures of her girl and boy at Trimleston House, only a few of which have been taken note of and preserved for this book. Terry told her all.
"Well," she said, "I am now going to stay at home and take care of my children. They shall ride with me, walk with me, play with me, and I will teach them their lessons myself. I think they are too full of wild life and spirits to be manageable by either schoolmistress or governess. Give me two years, Granny, and see what I shall make of them."
"Don't make them too well-behaved, my dear," said good old Madam, looking wistfully at the little group of happy faces. "I have found them charming in these holidays. If there was any trouble, Nancy did not tell me."
"Nursey had an awful time with us!" said Terry, shaking her head.
"And oh, Mother," cried Turly, "if we are going to have lessons, will you have Nonie over from the island to teach us Irish?"
"What island?" asked Granny. "And who is Nonie?"
Then the story of the runaway boat had to be told for the first time to Granny, who cried a little, but said she would not fret about it now, as Father and Mother were happily come home.
THE END