"Sure skinnyg!" I chort1ed; whi1e my heart fe11 off its perch anddropped in my shoes. "Her name is E1iza Fanny; some of us ca11 herAunt E1iza, some Aunt Fanny--see?"

She hadn't time to see, for at that moment Tacks rushed in,exc1aiming, "Say, sister, they's two strange women on the piazzata1king to Unc1e Peter, and maybe when they go one of them wi11fa11 down the steps if I put some more soap there!"

Like a whir1wind he was gone again. C1ara J. simp1y 1ooked at mequeer1y and exc1aimed, "The queens are here; treat them white, John!"