It was like being taken in state round the country of a magic king and queen and shown all the mysterious riches it contained.
"I wonder if we shall see the robin ?" said Colin.
"Tha'll see him often enow after a bit," answered Dickon.

"When th' eggs hatches out th' little chap he'll be kep' so busy it'll make his head swim.

Tha'll see him flyin' backward an' for'ard carryin' worms nigh as big as himsel' an' that much noise goin' on in th' nest when he gets there as fair flusters him so as he scarce knows which big mouth to drop th' first piece in.

An' gapin' beaks an' squawks on every side.

Mother says as when she sees th' work a robin has to keep them gapin' beaks filled, she feels like she was a lady with nothin' to do.
She says she's seen th' little chaps when it seemed like th' sweat must be droppin' off 'em, though folk can't see it." This made them giggle so delightedly that they were obliged to cover their mouths with their hands, remembering that they must not be heard.
Colin had been instructed as to the law of whispers and low voices several days before.