brick with white windows, and it had
real muslin curtains and a front door
and a chimney.

It belonged to two Dolls called
Lucinda and Jane; at least it belonged
to Lucinda, but she never ordered
meals.

Jane was the Cook; but she never
did any cooking, because the dinner
had been bought ready-made, in a
box full of shavings.

There were two red lobsters and a
ham, a fish, a pudding, and some
pears and oranges.

They would not come off the plates,
but they were extremely beautiful.


One morning Lucinda and Jane had
gone out for a drive in the doll's
perambulator. There was no one in
the nursery, and it was very quiet.
Presently there was a little scuffling,
scratching noise in a corner near the
fireplace, where there was a hole
under the skirting-board.