15/30 "Of course there are bats," she said. "There are always bats in the country. They're perfectly harmless,--except to switches." "And the Bat ye were talking of just then--he's harmless too, I suppose ?" said Lizzie with mournful satire. "Oh, Miss Neily, Miss Neily--do let's go back to the city before he flies away with us all!" "Nonsense, Lizzie," said Miss Cornelia again, but this time less firmly. |