She would have liked that garden, though.
The girls and the white mice did not do anything boldly wicked--though of course they used to borrow Mrs Pettigrew's needles, which made her very nasty.

Needles that are borrowed might just as well be stolen.

But I say no more.
I have only told you these things to show the kind of events which occurred on the days I don't tell you about.

On the whole, we had an excellent time.
It was on the day we had the pillow-fight that we went for the long walk.

Not the Pilgrimage--that is another story.