Quiet Little Mice

[Olivia Humphrey]

Olivia didn’t think she wanted to. One Betsy was quite enough; she didn’t think she could cope with two but she supposed it was inevitable she would meet some of them. She imagined her cousin would think she was being kind thrusting her cheerfully at her friends but she would much rather avoid company altogether, tucked up with a book and a cup of tea.

Although Cousin Penelope was proving far from unwanted company.

“Do your friends visit very much?” she asked. A girl like Lady Penelope Humphrey-Mavis would surely have hundreds.