a sudden little blink.

And it was the same in regard to Robert and the same in regard to
Harold. Robert at the height of his exhibitions of his wonderfulness
caused the funny feeling and the blink in her; and Harold at the
height of his exhibitions of his wonderfulness caused the funny
feeling and the blink in her. And the wonderfulness of Robert was
always being shown off by Robert, and the wonderfulness of Harold
was always being shown off by Harold. Men liked showing off how
wonderful they were....

When Rosalie was about nine, she one day was permitted to have
Lily Waters in to tea with her. Lily Waters was the Doctor's little
girl, also nine. For a great treat they had tea together out of
Rosalie's doll's tea service in the room called the schoolroom.
Robert came home unusually early from school and came into the
schoolroom and began to do wonderful things before the two little
girls. He spoke in a very loud voice while he did them. He stood on
a footstool on his head and clapped his boots together. He held his
breath for seventy-five seconds by the clock. He took off his coat
and made Lily and Rosalie tie a piece of string around his biceps
and then he jerked up his arm and snapped the string. Wonderful
Robert! Lily screamed with delight and clapped her hands, and the
more she screamed and clapped, the louder Robert talked. He did
still more wonderful things. He held a cork to the flame of a match
and then blacked his nose and blacked a moustache with the cork.
He did a most frightfully daring and dangerous thing. He produced
the stump of a cigarette from his pocket and lit it and blew
smoke through his nose. Wonderful Robert! Lily went into ecstasies
of delight. Rosalie also went into ecstasies but also strongly