Nancy clapped her hands. 'Why didn't you? What fun!'

'I wanted to let Ipse have his way dreadful, but I remembered I must
fight him, and I did. I asked my Captain to help me, and then I put both
my hands in my pockets, and screwed up my eyes tight. But I was glad when
she woke up and tied her bonnet on again.'

'That was much gooder than I could have been. What's the other
fight you had?'

'Uncle Jake brought some fresh honey from the hives, and he put it on a
plate in the window in the kitchen. He said when he went out of the room,
"Don't touch that, Teddy," as I was waiting for mother to come to church
with me, and I went up and looked at it. Ipse said to me, "Just put one
finger in it." And I had to fight him very hard over that, but I ran away
out of the room.'

'And do you always fight him hard?'

'No; I often forget till it's too late. Mother said I must ask my Captain
to make me remember. I do ask Him a lot to help me.'

'I don't think I like that sort of fighting.'

'Nancy, I wish you'd give yourself to God as His soldier.' Teddy turned
round earnestly as he spoke.

'I think,' said Nancy slowly, 'I like to be naughty best.' Then she
added, with quick change of tone, 'My father is coming home soon, and
he'll come to see us here. Then you'll see what a grand sailor he is. He