YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



again in chorus, and looked straight at 

 Inez. 



"Oh, yes, Inez," cried the mistress; 

 " don't you remember ? You said they were 

 racing a mouse and scared the baby." 



" I don't charge my mind with the doings 

 of two silly little dogs, to remember very 

 long in the face of a sad affair like this!" 

 snapped the maid, growing redder. 



"That will do, miss," said the little man 

 with the flaring ears, nodding at Inez as 

 though she might be dismissed, and she 

 flounced haughtily out of the room. 



"Madam, you have perfect confidence in 

 your domestics, I presume?" 



"Oh, the most perfect confidence, sir. 

 I've always trusted them with everything. 

 Poor old Becky showed she was innocent as 

 a lamb, and as for Inez, she was with me all 

 the time, of course." 



"I think, madam, with your permission, 

 I will step into the kitchen and speak with 

 the one you call Becky." 



And the little sharp-nosed man stepped 

 briskly into the kitchen, and Skippum and 

 I hustled along after him, fairly bumping 



113 



