"I suppose," said Ryder,"that you are Mrs. Quack, but I never expected to see you unless Ishould go over to the Big River, and that is a place I never havevisited and hardly expect to because it is too far from the dearOld Briar-patch. You are Mrs. Quack, aren't you?" "Yes," replied Mrs. Quack, "and you must be Ryder Rabbit. I've heardof you very often." All the time Mrs. Quack was swimming back andforth and in little circles in the most uneasy way.