"Did mamma tell you?" said the child with a bright sharp glance.

"I found it out."

"And were they all right? Because I am going to keep on doing it, Governor."

"Till you come to be my housekeeper."

"I don't believe that'll ever be," said Winifred.

"Why not?"

"It seems so funny, to think of your ever having a house in
Mannahatta!"

"Will you come, Winnie?"

"O Governor! — I dont know," she said, her face full of a world of uncertainties.

"What don't you know?"