thisfairyprincessofachildalreadytohavesomeone！Hewonderedifshewentaboutaskingeveryonethesequestions，withthatsomeoneinherthoughts。Poorchild！Andquicklyhesaid:
\"Afterall，lookatme！Iwasoutthereayear，andhereIamwithonlyhalfagameleg;timeswerealotworse，then，too。IoftenwishIwerebackthere。Anything’sbetterthanLondonandtheWarOffice。\"Butjustthenhesawthepadrecoming，andtookherhand。
\"Goodnight，MissPierson。Don’tworry。Thatdoesnogood，andthereisn’thalftheriskyouthink。\"
Herhandstirred，squeezedhisgratefully，asachild’swouldsqueeze。
\"Goodnight，\"shemurmured;\"thankyouawfully。\"