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-LSB- Sidenote : Like Fairy Tales -RSB- `` We 'll move into it and be happy ever afterward , like the people in the fairy tales . '' `` I said a little while ago that you were fifteen years younger than I am , but , upon my word , I believe it 's nearer twenty . '' `` That makes me an enticing infant of three or four , flourishing like the green bay tree on a diet of bread and milk with an occasional soft-boiled egg . I should have been in bed by six o'clock , and now it 's -- gracious , Barbara , it 's after eleven . What do you mean by keeping the young up so late ? '' As he spoke , he hurriedly found his hat , and , reaching into the pocket of his overcoat , drew out a book . `` That 's the one you wanted , is n't it ? ''