Ursula:

‘Regarde, regarde ces gens-la! Ne sont-ils pas des hiboux incroyables?’ And with the words of French in her mouth, she would look over her shoulder at the giggling party.

‘No, really, it’s impossible!’ Ursula would reply distinctly. And so the two girls took it out of their universal enemy. But their father became more and more enraged.

Ursula was all snowy white, save that her hat was pink, and entirely without trimming, and her shoes were dark red, and she carried an orange-coloured coat. And in this guise they were walking all the way to Shortlands, their father and mother going in front.

They were laughing at their mother, who, dressed in a summer material of black and purple