St Nicholas [serial] . ie hadsomething very exciting to tell. Nurse thought I was asleep, she said, but Iwas nt quite ; and when they began to talk I woke io4 THE SECRET DOOR. [Decembe up. That was nt wrong, was it, Rafe? I could ntsleep when I could nt, could I ? I suppose not; but you need nt have Rafe, whose notions about honor were verystrict. I did pull the pillow over my ear, but the wordswould get in, went on Henrietta, piteously. Aud-it was so interesting. Did you know that therewere such creatures as Bogies, Rafe ? Dorothythinks we have got one in our house, and that its
St Nicholas [serial] . ie hadsomething very exciting to tell. Nurse thought I was asleep, she said, but Iwas nt quite ; and when they began to talk I woke io4 THE SECRET DOOR. [Decembe up. That was nt wrong, was it, Rafe? I could ntsleep when I could nt, could I ? I suppose not; but you need nt have Rafe, whose notions about honor were verystrict. I did pull the pillow over my ear, but the wordswould get in, went on Henrietta, piteously. Aud-it was so interesting. Did you know that therewere such creatures as Bogies, Rafe ? Dorothythinks we have got one in our house, and that its replied Hexie. How long is it, brother?—sineHumphrey went away, I mean. Wont he evt:come back ? I asked Winifred once, but she only said, Gcknew, that nothing had been heard of him sintthe battle when the king was taken. He might bdead, or he might be escaped into foreign parts--;!,and then she cried, oh, so hard, Hexie! PocHumphrey ! I hope he is nt dead. But, about tlBogie, how curious it must be to meet one ! Oh,. LET 15 GO EACK, SHE CKIED. hole is in the great gallery, because once when shewas there dusting the armor, she heard a queernoise in the wall, and what else could it be ? Iteats a great deal, does the Bogie. Thats the reasonnurse is sure we have got one. It ate all the coldsheeps-head yesterday, and the day before half thebig pasty. No victual is safe in the larder, theBogie has such a big appetite, nurse says. I remember about the sheeps-head, said Rafe,meditatively. Almost all of it was left, and Ilooked to see it come in cold ; but when I asked,Joyce said there was none. Cold sheeps-head isvery good. Do you remember how much Hum-phrey used to like it ? I dont remember exactly, it is so long ago, say, let us go to the gallery now, and see if we heany strange noises there. Will you ? Oh, Rafe ! I m afraid. I dont quite like But you cant be afraid if Im there, said Raivaliantly; besides, Ill put on Humphreyssword which he left behind. Then if the Bdjjjcomes—we
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