CARROTS “ALL ZIGHT”’ AGAIN.” 83

« Are you there again, you ubiquitous child?”
said her father.

Floss looked rather frightened — such a long
word as ubiquitous must surely mean some-
thing very naughty ; but her father’s voice was
not angry, so she took courage.

“Does he know what a sovereign means?”
said Mrs. Desart. “Perhaps there is some
confusion in his mind which makes him seem
obstinate when he isn’t so really.”

“He said he knew J/ had sovereigns,” said
Floss, “and I couldn’t think what he meant.
O mamma!” she went on suddenly, “I do

believe I know what he was thinking of. It

was my kings and queens.”

And before her father or mother could stop
her she had darted off to the nursery. In
two minutes she was back again, holding out

to her mother a round wooden box —the sort

of box one often used to see with picture alpha-
bets for little children ; but instead of an alpha-
bet Floss’s box contained a set of round cards,
each about the size of the top of a wineglass,