We were all at tea in the nursery. All except him. The door burst open and James put his head in. 'If you please, Mrs. Brough, ' he began, -'Mrs. Brough' is the servants' name for nurse. Mamma calls her 'Brough' sometimes, but we always call her 'nurse, ' of course, -'If you please, Mrs. Brough, is Master Peterkin here?' Nurse looked up, rather vexed. She doesn't like burstings in. 'Of course not, James, ' she said. 'He is out driving with his mamma. You must have seen them start.' 'It's just that, ' said James, in his silly way. 'It's his mamma that wants to know.' And then we noticed that James's face was much redder than usual. It may have been partly that he had run upstairs very fast, for he is really very good-natured, but it looked as if he was rather in a fuss, too. Nurse sat very bolt up in her chair, and her face began to get queer, and her voice to get vexeder. Lots of people get cross when they are startled or frightened. I have notic