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WE were all at tea in the nursery. All except him. The door burst open and James put his head in.
'If you please, Mrs. Brough,' he began, -- 'Mrs. Brough' is the servants' name for nurse. Mamma calls her 'Brough' sometimes, but we always call her 'nurse,' of course, -- 'If you please, Mrs. Brough, is Master Peterkin here?'