"Guess who it is?" she cried.

Livingstone could hear them through the open door.

"Blue Beard," hazarded Mr. Clark.

"No—o!"

"Queen Victoria?"

"No—o—o!"

"Mary, Queen of Scots?—I know it's a queen."

"No. Now you are not guessing—It isn't any queen, at all."

"Yes, I am—Oh! I know—Santa Claus."