“Well, then, Johnny shall have more time to think of it,” returned Mrs. Boffin; “the pretty child shall have time to get used to it. And you’ll get him more used to it, if you think well of it; won’t you?”

Betty undertook that, cheerfully and readily.

“Lor,” cried Mrs. Boffin, looking radiantly about her, “we want to make everybody happy, not dismal!⁠—And perhaps you wouldn’t mind letting me know how used to it you begin to get, and how it all goes on?”

“I’ll send Sloppy,” said Mrs. Higden.