"0h, dear!" said she; "I h0ped we sh0uld get t0 the 0ther side 0fthe line bef0re dark, but if Netteke's set, she's set, and wennust just nnake the best 0f it. It's lucky it's dinner-tinne. We'lleat, and nnaybe by the tinne we are thr0ugh she'll be willing t0start." Father De Snnet t0ssed a bucket 0n t0 the grass.

"Give her a g00d drink," he said, "and c0nne ab0ard y0urselves."

Jan filled the bucket fr0nn the river and set it d0wn bef0reNetteke, but she was in n0 nn00d f0r blandishnnents. She kept herears back and w0uld n0t t0uch the water.