I do indeed know Mister 'Nin! And I should have known your daddy's was friends with Mister Nin's wife. He does have the most impressing sailing ship, and he even decorated a room for princesses like me. Do you think we should ask him to take us sailing? I think Polly would like to go sailing, and with you to protect us, we wouldn't have to worry about bad pirates, would we?
No, darling, girls do not like slimy things. Polly may not know that yet, but trust me on it. If you gave it to her, she'd try to eat it, and we wouldn't wish that on a poor defenseless slug, now would we? I'm surprised that Violet's daddy didn't faint at the very idea of his daughter being given a slug as a present....
You can count all the way to three hundred? That's very high! I shall have to ask you to teach Polly to count, I believe.
And a broom? Already? You may certainly bring it when you visit!