"It's more interesting than
dieing, and will be a novelty in this House."
Father came in just then, and he said:
"I'll not wait to dress, Clara. Hello, children. I'll just
change my coller while you ring for the Cocktails."
Mother got up and faced him with Magesty.
"We are not going to have, any" she said.
"Any what?" said father from the doorway.
"I have had some fruit juice prepared with a dash of
bitters. It is quite nice. And I'll ask you, James, not to
explode before the servants. I will explain later."
Father has a very nice disposition but I could see that
mother's manner got on his Nerves, as it got on mine. Anyhow
there was a terific fuss, with Sis playing the Piano so that the
servants would not hear, and in the end father had a Cocktail.
Mother waited until he had had it, and was quieter, and then she
told him about me, and my having a Flask in my Suitcase. Of
course I could have explained, but if they persisted in
mis-understanding me, why not let them do so, and be miserable?
"It's a very strange thing, Bab," he said, looking at me,
"that everything in this House is quiet until you come home, and
then we get as lively as kittens in a frying pan.
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