Duchess looked aghast, and tilted up the pie-dish.
     "I have only four patty-pans, and they are all in the cupboard."
     Duchess set up a howl.
     "I shall die! I shall die! I have swallowed a patty-pan! Oh, my dear Ribby, I do feel so ill!"
     "It is impossible, my dear Duchess; there was not a patty-pan."
     Duchess moaned and whined and rocked herself about.
     "Oh I feel so dreadful, I have swallowed a patty-pan!"

     "There was nothing in the pie," said Ribby severely.
     "Yes there was, my dear Ribby, I am sure I have swallowed it!"
     "Let me prop you up with a pillow, my dear Duchess; where do you think you feel it?"
     "Oh I do feel so ill all over me, my dear Ribby; I have swallowed a large tin patty-pan with a sharp scalloped edge!"

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