"Zose girls of mine! Zey--they are like so many grandmothers.

They will not go to bed until zey know I am safely tucked in myself.

Alas, Mrs.Spofford, zose girls do not trust me, I fear.

If I go out at night alone, zey instantly put their heads together and shake zem all at the same time.
So that is what has happen, Miss Clinton.

One of them,--Alma, I suspect, because she had a sister who,--Yes, it would be Alma, I am sure,--in any case, one of zem comes out to get me, so like a policeman.