But he said I must, and he trusted me, he _trusted_ me to tell the truth
and the whole truth, and I can't deceive him; I can't hide anything after
that."
With a heavy sigh she took her writing-desk, set it on the sill to catch
the fading light, and wrote:
"It has been a bad day with me. I didn't look over my lessons before
school, as I ought to have done, but went out in the grounds instead.
While I was there, I broke a rule. Grandpa Dinsmore reproved me and called
me in. I went up to the school-room. Grandma Elsie said I was late and
must be more punctual, and I gave her a saucy answer. She wouldn't hear my
lessons, and I was cross and wouldn't study, and wasn't ready for Grandpa
Dinsmore, and was saucy to him. So I had to stay up there in the
school-room and learn my lesson over and eat my dinner there by myself.
"After that, when he let me out, I took a long walk and played croquet
with some other girls--all without leave.
"They were eating supper when I got back, and I went in without making
myself neat, and my plate and chair had been taken away, and I was sent up
here to take my supper and stay till I'm ready to behave better.
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