'Ah! Don't people get hit occasionally?'
'Very likely. But they do not tell.'
'Ah! My dear, has anybody hit you?'
'Thank you, sir,—I generally keep on the ground.'
Mr. Falkirk suspended his questions for the space of five minutes.
'I have not heard of your taking any rides lately,' he began again.
'No, sir.'
'How comes that?'
'It comes by my refusing to go.'
'Why, my dear?' said her guardian, looking her innocently in the face.