I certainly shall not give
you a less punishment. You must have led him into it; and how could
you be so cruel as to leave the poor little fellow alone in such a
dangerous place?"
"Stupid little coward! it was not a bit of danger!" said Hal.
"So young a child--" began Miss Fosbrook.
"Oh, that's all your London notions," said Hal. "Why, I climbed up
our gate at Stonehouse, which was twice as high, when I wasn't near
as old as that!"
"I am not going to argue with you, Henry; but after such an act of
disobedience, I cannot allow you to sit down to dinner with us. Go
up to the school-room, and Mary shall bring you your dinner."
"I'm sure I don't want to dine with a lot of babies and governesses!"
exclaimed Henry, and bounced up-stairs, leaving Miss Fosbrook quite
confounded at such an outbreak of naughtiness.
She intended, as soon as dinner should be over, to go up to him, and
try to lead him to be sorry for his conduct, and to think what a
wretched moment this was for such audacity; and then she feared that
she ought to punish him farther, by keeping him in all the afternoon.
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