On these occasions he was often seen to regard them both with a puzzled look on his somewhat testy but still kind-hearted face.
"_The_ cleverest little girl in the world," he would say, signifying Flossy by a motion of his hand. "For it is my private belief that even curtains and a baize door would not have softened the piercing sound.
Yes, Flossy got me out of my dilemma in a wonderful way."
THE END.