"Sit down here; we will take naughty Mag into the house, and come back to you;" and she and Henry were off in a minute. They ran in to Betty, and asked her what she had for their supper. Betty was shelling peas in the kitchen, and she told them that she was going to cook them for her master and mistress; and she said: "I suppose, Miss Emily, you and your brother will sup with your parents to-night." "But, if you please, we would rather have our supper now," said Emily. "That we would," cried Henry; "so please, Betty, do give us something now." "Then you must not have a second supper, Master Henry," said Betty, "if I give you something to eat now." "Very well, Betty," replied both children at once; "but we would like it now, instead of waiting later for papa and mamma." So Betty gave each a currant turnover or puff, and a slice of bread and some milk. "May we take our supper out of doors, Betty?" said Emily. "If you please," replied Betty; and she put the turnovers, as she called the puffs, into a little basket, with two large slices of bread and two cans of milk, and put the basket into Emily's hands. "You have made beautiful ears and eyes to the turnovers, Betty," said Henry; "I always call them pigs when they are made in that way." "And they taste much better, don't they, Master Henry?" asked Betty. "To be sure they do," answered Henry, and away he walked after his sister. So Emily and Henry gave their supper to the little children; and they were very much pleased with them, because, when they had eaten part of the bread and drunk the milk, they asked leave to take what was left home to their grandmother. [Illustration: "_Emily and Henry gave their supper to the little children._"--Page 215.] Emily fetched them a piece of paper to wrap the puffs in, and then she and Henry watched them back into the lane, and afterwards walked quietly home, to be ready when their parents and Lucy should come back. [Illustration: "_The magpie on the stile._"--Page 209.] The Happy Evening [Illustration: Preparing the peas for supper] Henry had just finished washing his hands and combing his hair, and Emily had only that minute changed her pinafore, when the distant sound of the carriage was heard. Betty was preparing the peas for supper, and John laid the cloth, when Henry and Emily ran out upon the lawn. What a happy moment was that when the carriage stopped at the gate, and John opened the door and let down the step, and Lucy jumped out and ran to meet Emily and Henry. One would have thought that the children had been parted a year instead of a day. The chaise went on with Mrs. Goodriche, and all the family came into the parlour. "How nice the peas smell!" said Mr. Fairchild; "and I really want my supper." "So do I, papa," said Lucy. "And so do I," whispered Henry to Emily. "But you must not say so," returned Emily. "No, no," said Henry firmly; "I know _that_; we agreed about _that_ before."