THREE NEW FLOWERS 105 



I stayed very close to Mrs. Todd's side, and when 

 she was not talking, I said : " It's strange about 

 Philip's cousins being all the same age. Those 

 six girl cousins," I said, as she didn't seem to 

 understand. Then I gave her arm a little tug, 

 ' the six girl cousins he has just been away visit- 

 ing, the ones he is going to have here." 



" My sister has no children," Mrs. Todd said. 

 ' I cannot think what our little girl means." 



" Who did Philip play with while he was 

 away?" I asked. 



" Why six kittens," his mother said. " He sat 

 in the sun playing with them from morning till 

 night." 



" They were the cousins then," I whispered to 

 her, for just then Philip and Grandmother caught 

 up with us. 



