or that when Mr. F. M. James did, then Diana had thought of some other game. So one day she said:
"I think, dear, we had better get Diana a nurse, and then I can devote myself entirely to you."
"Certainly, my love, you should devote yourself entirely to me," said Mr. F. M. James, "but I cannot allow a common nurse to look after Diana Fitzpatrick Mauleverer. The F. M. James's have their pride."
"Then who is to look after her?" asked Diana's Mother.
"She must look after herself."
So from that day Diana looked after herself. She woke herself in the morning, dressed herself, took herself out for a walk, told herself to get-on-with-her-dinner-there-was-a-darling, sang herself to sleep in the afternoon, gave herself tea, brushed her hair and took herself downstairs to her
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