`` Clearing our pipes for the day , ma'am . Look here , auntie , can I have this room ? '' said Dr. Alec , making her a sailor 's bow . `` Any room you like , except sister 's . '' `` Thanks . And may I go rummaging round in the garrets and glory-holes to furnish it as I like ? '' `` My dear boy , you may turn the house upside down if you will only stay in it . '' `` That 's a handsome offer , I 'm sure . I 'll stay , ma'am ; here 's my little anchor , so you will get more than you want of me this time . '' `` That 's impossible ! Put on your jacket , Rose . Do n't tire her out with antics , Alec . Yes , sister , I 'm coming ! '' and the cabbage vanished suddenly . The first milking lesson was a droll one ; but after several scares and many vain attempts , Rose at last managed to fill her cup , while Ben held Clover 's tail so that it could not flap , and Dr. Alec kept her from turning to stare at the new milkmaid , who objected to both these proceedings very much . `` You look chilly in spite of all this laughing . Take a smart run round the garden and get up a glow , '' said the doctor , as they left the barn . `` I 'm too old for running , uncle ; Miss Power said it was not lady-like for girls in their teens , '' answered Rose , primly . `` I take the liberty of differing from Madame Prunes and Prisms , and , as your physician , I order you to run . Off with you ! ''
said Uncle Alec , with a look and a gesture that made XXXXX scurry away as fast as she could go .
Ben Power Prisms Prunes Rose flap garrets left milkmaid scares