5/24 "I like 'cheri' ever so much better. I like it better than 'mon cousin' or any name, because, do you know," he added, dropping his voice a little, "I remember now, though I had forgotten till you said it--that was the name mamma called me by." "Cheri!" repeated Jeanne, stopping half-way up the staircase to throw her arms round Hugh's neck at the greatest risk to the equilibrium of the whole party, including the guinea-pig--"_Cheri!_ I shall always call you so, then. Don't you love fairy stories, mon cousin ?" "_Awfully_," said Hugh, from the bottom of his soul. 25] "I knew you would," said Jeanne triumphantly. |