The children close up to see it done, and Mr. Bagnet looks over young Woolwich＇s head to see it done with an interest so maturely wooden, yet pleasantly childish, that Mrs. Bagnet cannot help laughing in her airy way and saying, "Oh, Lignum, Lignum, what a precious old chap you are!" But the trooper fails to fasten the brooch. His hand shakes, he is nervous, and it falls off. "Would any one believe this?" says he,catching it as it drops and looking round. "I am so out of sorts that I bungle at an easy job like this!"