"He's a good boy, sir."

"Well, so much the better for him."

"I know he can shine boots, sir."

"So much the better for us."

"You want your boots shined in the country--don't you, sir?"

"Yes, to be sure."

"It wouldn't be nice to walk over the flowers with dirty boots--
would it, sir?"

"No, indeed."

"They wouldn't like it--would they?"

"No, they wouldn't."

"Then Nanny would be better pleased to go, sir."

"If the flowers didn't like dirty boots to walk over them,
Nanny wouldn't mind going to the country? Is that it? I don't
quite see it."

"No, sir; I didn't mean that. I meant, if you would take Jim with
you to clean your boots, and do odd jobs, you know, sir, then Nanny