I have no servants here and only my one little bed." The child smiled.

He appeared to consider these matters unimportant.
"You eat things sometimes, I suppose, daddy ?" he said, apologetically.
"I left home before breakfast this morning and it took me some time to find my way here." "Sit down for five minutes," Burton directed him, "and I'll take you out somewhere." Burton was glad to get into the privacy of his small bedroom and sit down for a moment.

The thing was amazing enough when it had happened to himself.

It was, perhaps, more amazing still to watch its effect upon Mr.Waddington.But certainly this was the most astounding development of all! The child was utterly transformed.

There was no sign of his mother's hand upon his clothes, his neatly brushed hair or his shiny face.