Would you like to sit down here outside a bit , while the light lasts ?<br>I 've just finished this bit of a plaything for my little grand nephew , Joe , up at the Glen .<br>After I promised to make it for him I was kinder sorry , for his mother was vexed .<br>She 's afraid he 'll be wanting to go to sea later on and she does n't want the notion encouraged in him .<br>But what could I do , Mistress Blythe ?<br>I 'd PROMISED him , and I think it 's sorter real dastardly to break a promise you make to a child .<br>Come , sit down .<br>It wo n't take long to stay an hour . ''
The toy was never promised to the child. 