One evening, when all the children, after the usual frolic with Crocus the cat and the tremendous dog, had settled themselves for their "nightcaps," (their meaning of which word, of course, you all know, ) the little mother cleared her throat, and paused, for she was feeling for a letter that was in her pocket.
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