"For-shame, Henry!" burst out Sam; and the same moment those two feet
were secured, and John was a prisoner. Miss Fosbrook called out to
the rest to go on to church, and she and Sam dragged the boy up to
the nursery, and shut him in there, roaring passionately.
Nurse Freeman, knowing nothing about it, could not believe but that
the stranger lady had made her child naughty, and said something
about their Mamma letting him go to church; and "when the child
wished to go to church, it seemed strange he should not."
Miss Fosbrook would not defend herself, for she was in great haste;
but Sam exclaimed, "Stuff! he was as naughty as could be all this
morning, and only wanted to go now because he was told not."
Johnnie bellowed out something else, but Miss Fosbrook would not let
Sam go on; she touched his arm, and drew him off with her, he
exclaiming, "Foolish old Freeman! she will pet and spoil him all
church-time, till he is worse than ever."
It was lucky for her that she was too much hurried to dwell on this
vexation; she almost ran to save herself from being late, and
scarcely heard Sam's mutterings about wishing to break Martin
Greville's head.
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