"
"I hope you will do that, my dear. I have no doubt it would have an
excellent effect, for he loves and admires you greatly. But let him be
punished by being separated, for at least a week, from the rest of the
family, as unworthy to associate with them."
"Oh, that would be very hard, very humiliating for a proud, sensitive,
affectionate boy like Max!" she exclaimed. "May we not be a little more
lenient toward him?" and she looked up pleadingly into her husband's face.
"No," he said with decision; "but I strongly hope there will be no
occasion for such punishment, as he seems sincerely penitent and quite
determined not to offend in that way again. I really think my boy wants to
do right, but he is a heedless, thoughtless fellow, often going wrong from
mere carelessness and forgetfulness. But he must be taught to think and to
remember."
"I wish he could have his father's constant care and control," sighed
Violet.
"I wish he could indeed!" responded the captain; "but principally because
I fear he will prove a care and trouble to your grandfather and mother,
who, I am inclined to think, are more capable than I of giving him proper
training.
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