Apennyforyourthoughts。
What？repliedGertywithasmilereinforcedbythewhitestofteeth。
Iwasonlywonderingwasitlate。
Becauseshewishedtogoodnessthey’dtakethesnottynosedtwinsandtheirbabyhometothemischiefoutofthatsothatwaswhyshejustgaveagentlehintaboutitsbeinglate。AndwhenCissycameupEdyaskedherthetimeandMissCissy，asglibasyoulike，saiditwashalfpastkissingtime，timetokissagain。ButEdywantedtoknowbecausetheyweretoldtobeinearly。
Wait，saidCissy，I’llaskmyunclePeterovertherewhat’sthetimebyhisconundrum。