"I never thought about that pie from the moment I put it in the oven till now, although I felt INSTINCTIVELY that there was something missing on the dinner table.

I was firmly resolved, when you left me in charge this morning, not to imagine anything, but keep my thoughts on facts.

I did pretty well until I put the pie in, and then an irresistible temptation came to me to imagine I was an enchanted princess shut up in a lonely tower with a handsome knight riding to my rescue on a coal-black steed.

So that is how I came to forget the pie.

I didn't know I starched the handkerchiefs.