It's about the--the story, 'The Princess and the Pauper,' you know.

You can remember, I think, for you remembered that so well.

Will you say it to him--what I'm going to tell you--just as I say it ?" "Why, of course I will!" David's promise was unhesitating, though his eyes were still puzzled.
"It's about the--the ending," stammered Miss Holbrook.

"That is, it may--it may have something to do with the ending--perhaps," she finished lamely.

And again David noticed that odd shifting of Miss Holbrook's gaze as if she were searching for some means of escape.
Then, as before, he saw her chin lift determinedly, as she began to talk faster than ever.
"Now, listen," she admonished him, earnestly.
And David listened..