` Then we shall build the house round them . ' ` Ay , ' said Slightly , ` that is how a house is built ; it all comes back to me . ' Peter thought of everything . ` Slightly , ' he ordered , ` fetch a doctor . ' ` Ay , ay , ' said Slightly at once , and disappeared , scratching his head . But he knew Peter must be obeyed , and he returned in a moment , wearing John 's hat and looking solemn . ` Please , sir , ' said Peter , going to him , ` are you a doctor ? ' The difference between him and the other boys at such a time was that they knew it was make-believe , while to him make-believe and true were exactly the same thing . This sometimes troubled them , as when they had to make-believe that they had had their dinners . If they broke down in their make-believe he rapped them on the knuckles . ` Yes , my little man , ' anxiously replied Slightly , who had chapped knuckles . ` Please , sir , ' Peter explained , ' a lady lies very ill . ' She was lying at their feet , but Slightly had the sense not to see her . ` Tut , tut , tut , ' he said , ` where does she lie ? ' ` In yonder glade . ' ' I will put a glass thing in her mouth , ' said Slightly ; and he made-believe to do it , while Peter waited . It was an anxious moment when the glass thing was withdrawn . ` How is she ? ' inquired Peter . ` Tut , tut , tut , ' said Slightly , ` this has cured her . ' '
I am glad , ' XXXXX cried . '
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