Pearl clutched her new red ball tightly to her as she did what Miss Susan instructed and sat. "No, thank you." She looked down. "I don't mean to be a bother, but you said I could come see you and you'd help me find a place to stay and I was hoping that maybe I could sleep here just for now and we could find something else tomorrow only I don't know where to look and I was supposed to be in bed hours ago..."

((And that's fine with me. :D))