In Child #4 The Outlandish/Elfin Knight, Lady Margaret/Isabel or whatever she's calling herself today similarly tries to bribe the parrot when she gets back from her jaunt with he (False Sir John/Bluebeard) who jumped through her bedroom window blowing a trumpet.

She's a bit scared her father will hear the racket "three hours before it was day" (why is it always that time, just as sailors playing silly buggers always return after seven years, in disguise and clutching a broken token?).

But it's OK. The parrot blames the cat and everybody gets back to sleep.