Excerpt from Lamp-Lighters Across the Sea: A Story Study Book for Juniors (Classic Reprint)
It all came about like this: once when they were downtown they met the lady-who-wrote-things in front of a bookstore, and she asked them if they would be kind enough to carry home some books for her, as they were neighbors. Peter politely said that of course they would, while Polly sensibly asked how many there were, please!