ie 5 ik,
‘ : a, oa Pa Wy We M4 Ol, gw,
PRS + no Pb U3 9 SEPA sie Hl op, “BRo Tes Se
“fy gS a Or I SN OP ie

q

  
  
   
 
 
 
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 

A JOURNEY AND ITS ENDING. 161

heard of Carrots’s intention. “For you see,”
she said, “if we began offering them to him,
we would have to do it at every station; and if
there are eight stations before Whitefriars, all
our sandwiches would be gone.”

“He might have a biscuit for a change,”
said Carrots, submissive, but scarcely convinced.
“« He is a nice man, Floss ;he calls us ‘ Well, sir,’
and ‘Miss.’ Do you think papa told him to say
“Well, sir,’ and ‘Miss’ ?”

But before Floss had time to answer they
had stopped again, and this time some one did
get into their carriage. The new-comer was
a small, neat, oldish lady. She looked rather
grim at first: but after a while she grew decid-
edly friendly, and no wonder; for at Milling-
ham, Floss and Carrots unpacked their little
‘basket of provisions, and I don’t think the grim-
mest of maiden ladies could have remained grim
after the politeness with which the children
‘treated her.

They selected the nicest-looking sandwich,
putting it on an Albert biscuit by way of a