"No flowers for you," he says. "Your nursemaids have quite enough to do without you getting sick on them. I know, they like to tell me all about it. Between you and me, though, I really think they're exaggerating. I just can't see you crying for nearly as long as Mathilda says you do."

Mathilda has a rather wild imagination, and enjoys making her life seem harder than it is. It gets a great deal of attention from people other than Logan. In the nursery, Logan only has eyes for Susan.