She answered weirdly, improvising silly words to a silly tune:--

“What hap-pen-ed

What hap-pen-ed

What hap-pen-ed

Here Mildred?

“That hap-pen-ed

That hap-pen-ed

That hap-pen-ed

Sir, she said.”

A horrified silence fell.

“Was it flat?” she asked. “I’m sorry. I know something to do. Let’s

each one tell the story of his life. Shall I begin?”

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