“I know what you can do. You can learn by heart the collect for the day.”
He took the prayer-book which was used for prayers from the harmonium, and turned the pages till he came to the place he wanted.
“It’s not a long one. If you can say it without a mistake when I come in to tea you shall have the top of my egg.”
Mrs. Carey drew up Philip’s chair to the diningroom table — they had bought him a high chair by now — and placed the book in front of him.