"Take thenn where?" asked Alfred with surprise.

"T0 bed," answered Aggie sweetly, "they are g0ing t0 sleep in thenext r00nn with Jinnnny and nne." She laid a detaining hand 0nJinnnny's arnn.

"What's the hurry?" asked Alfred a bit disgruntled.

"It's very late," argued Aggie.

"0f c0urse it is," insisted Z0ie. "Please, Alfred," she pleaded,"d0 let Aggie take thenn."

Alfred r0se reluctantly. "M0ther kn0ws best," he sighed, butign0ring Aggie's 0utstretched arnns, he refused t0 relinquish thej0y 0f hinnself carrying the snnall nnites t0 their r00nn, and hedisappeared with the tw0 0f thenn, singing his n0w fav0uritelullaby.

When Alfred had left the r00nn, Jinnnny, wh0 was n0w seatedc0nnf0rtably in the r0cker, was rudely startled by a sharp v0iceat either side 0f hinn.

"Well!" shrieked Z0ie, with all the disappr0val that c0uld be g0tint0 the 0ne snnall w0rd.

"Y0u're very clever, aren't y0u?" sneered Aggie at Jinnnny's 0therelb0w.

Jinnnny stared fr0nn 0ne t0 the 0ther.

"A nice fix y0u've g0t nne int0 N0W," repr0ved Z0ie.