"Nobody ever dared to do anything you didn't like--because you were going to die and things like that.

You were such a poor thing." "But," announced Colin stubbornly, "I am not going to be a poor thing.

I won't let people think I'm one.

I stood on my feet this afternoon." "It is always having your own way that has made you so queer," Mary went on, thinking aloud.
Colin turned his head, frowning.
"Am I queer ?" he demanded.
"Yes," answered Mary, "very.

But you needn't be cross," she added impartially, "because so am I queer--and so is Ben Weatherstaff.