"and be the village seer. And I've just had an idea, John, that your father can be the Master who builds the ship. You remember the way the poem commences,
"Build me straight, O worthy Master.
"And I'll dress like a young girl and be the promised bride
"Standing before
Her father's door."
"Oh, capital! What fun!" and John excitedly once more jumped to his feet, adding, "What a jolly mother I have!"
"And, of course," Mrs. Colfax continued, "there will be a Priscilla and an Evangeline. Indeed, you need not trouble about there not being enough characters to go around."
"Well, granted that they all come, mother, what then?"
"Then we will give a tableau vivant, called The Children's Hour. Our house is just the place for it."
"In what way? I don't understand."