where the parish of Westminster St. Mary's is
said to meet the parish of Paddington. Here
Peter found the two babes, who had fallen unno-
ticed from their perambulators, Phoebe aged thir-
teen months and Walter probably still younger,
for Peter seems to have felt a delicacy about put-
ting any age on his stone. They lie side by side,
and the simple inscriptions read:

David sometimes places white flowers on these
two innocent graves.

But how strange for parents, when they hurry
into the Gardens at the opening of the gates look-
ing for their lost one, to find the sweetest little
tombstone instead. I do hope that Peter is not
too ready with his spade. It is all rather sad.

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