Page 156 - The Little sister of Wilifred

11 W here did you sec him, and how

did he happen to correct your gram­

mar ? 51 was the natural inquiry.
Peggy might have answered that Mr.

Bolandcr had been to I.)el haven that

day, for so W ilifred had told h e r ; but
■ she was not practised in deceit, the use

of which was now m aking her thor­

oughly uncomfortable, and she longed

for courage to confess the truth and end
O
it all. “ I have seen him in the village,71
she stammered. " H e lives at the big

lodging-house there/’

<:Y o u ought not to go there. You
know’ your papa has forbidden it, for he

wishes you to keep away from that little

girl who is said to look so much like

you. Already you have caught a very

inelegant way of expressing yourself.
Promise ine> W ilifred, that you will re­

member our wish.”