Miss Amelia, to see what the child was doing, she found she could not open the door.
“I have locked it,” said a queer, polite little voice from inside. “I want to be quite by myself, if you please.”
Miss Amelia was fat and dumpy, and stood very much in awe of her sister. She was really the better-natured person of the two, but she never disobeyed Miss Minchin. She went downstairs again, looking almost alarmed.
“I never saw such a funny,
Miss Amelia, to see what the child was doing, she found she could not open the door.
“I have locked it,” said a queer, polite little voice from inside. “I want to be quite by myself, if you please.”
Miss Amelia was fat and dumpy, and stood very much in awe of her sister. She was really the better-natured person of the two, but she never disobeyed Miss Minchin. She went downstairs again, looking almost alarmed.
“I never saw such a funny,
