So Nurse opened one of the windows. It opened like a door, and had panes of glass which were small and diamond-shaped.
The house Betty lived in was very, very large, and was called a castle.
This is what the Waits were singing:—
“God rest ye, merry gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay,
For Jesus Christ our Saviour
Was born upon this day.”
Betty did not hear the next verse, because her eyes were shut and she was fast asleep.
When she waked up in the morning, the first thing she heard was another Christmas carol.