Chapter 11 No.11

Practising.

Ma-Bolax you are wasting your time, don't stop, you have not practised long enough.

Bolax-Look at the clock, Ma, dear. It was bright sunlight when I began, and now the shades of night are falling.

Ma-That's very poetical, but you must continue practising.

Bolax-Oh, you are the provokingest mother I ever saw; I'll not love yo