"Oh dear! shan't I be glad when you go back to school, Master Tom. Here's an hour's good work for me in carrying back all these things."
And Nurse wrathfully ascended to the nursery, but Master Tom was not there.
"Well," said Nurse, "it's a good thing he's gone off by himself, and not got Miss Ettie with him. You stay here and play with your dolls, and I'll run down and pick up your frocks and shoes."
So Nurse, having settled Ettie with her playthings, departed.
But she had not been gone a minute before Master Tom put his head in at the door.
"Ettie," said he, "come down into the drawing-room, and we'll have the greatest fun in the world. I've got a large umbrella and water-bottles, so we'll play at rainy weather."
Up jumped Ettie.
"Hush! don't make a noise, or some one will hear us. Come very softly."
And Ettie, on tiptoes, followed Tom to the drawing-room, where, having locked the door, he provided Ettie with a large umbrella.