'We seek policeman.' "'You drop that child,' answered the 'cousin,' doubling his fists.

Then I grew faint again, and when I came to myself the two white-robed men had gone.

All the way home my governess scolded me for accepting sweets from strangers, saying that if my parents came to know of it, I should be whipped and sent to bed.

Of course, I begged her not to tell them, and at last she consented.

Do you know, I think you are the first to whom I have ever mentioned the matter, of which I am sure the governess never breathed a word, though after that, whenever we walked in the gardens, her 'cousin' always came to look after us.