cheek to call my attention; "'cause he hadn't got no brothers and sisters."
"It was very sad to have no sisters, wasn't it?" I said.
"Well, I don't know," Bruno said thoughtfully; "'cause he hadn't no lessons to do. So he didn't mind."
Sylvie went on. "So, as he was walking along the road, he heard behind him such a curious sort of noisea sort of a Thump! Thump! Thump! 'Whatever is that?' said Bruno. 'Oh, I know! ' said Bruno. 'Why, it's only my Watch a-ticking!'"
"Were it his Watch a-ticking?" Bruno asked me, with eyes that fairly sparkled with mischievous delight.
"No doubt of it!" I replied. And Bruno laughed exultingly.
"Then Bruno thought a little harder. And he said 'No! It ca'n't be my Watch a-ticking; because I haven't got a Watch!'"
Bruno peered up anxiously into my face, to see how I took it. I hung my head, and put a thumb into my mouth, to the evident delight of the little fellow.
