they're enjoyin' theirselves for sure," she said.

She was quite right, the comfortable wonderful
mother creature -- and she had never been
more so than when she said their "play actin'"
would be their joy. Colin and Mary found it
one of their most thrilling sources of entertainment.
The idea of protecting themselves from
suspicion had been unconsciously suggested to
them first by the puzzled nurse and then by Dr.
Craven himself.

"Your appetite is improving very much, Master
Colin," the nurse had said one day. "You
used to eat nothing, and so many things disagreed
with you."

"Nothing disagrees with me now," replied
Colin, and then seeing the nurse looking at him
curiously he suddenly remembered that perhaps
he ought not to appear too well just yet. "At
least things don't so often disagree with me. It's
the fresh air."

"Perhaps it is," said the nurse, still looking at
him with a mystified expression. "But I must
talk to Dr. Craven about it."

"How she stared at you!" said Mary when she
went away. "As if she thought there must be
something to find out."

"I won't have her finding out things," said
Colin. "No one must begin to find out yet."

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