A FEW FRIENDS

MARGERY

I.--A TWICE TOLD TALE





"Is that you, uncle?" said a voice from the nursery, as I hung my
coat up in the hall. "I've only got my skin on, but you can come
up."

However, she was sitting up in bed with her nightgown on when I
found her.

"I was having my bath when you came," she explained. "Have you come
all the way from London?"

"All the way."

"Then will you tell me a story?"