rself with a bundle of sweets in the shape of a peace-offering for Flossi

amiable mood, she was anythin

d kicking impatiently against the window-board in a way which upset Miss

schoolroom, staring sul

cularly fond of going out with her mother in the carriage, and was also very fond of shopping. It was, therefore, quite in vain that Miss Clark tried to make her understand that Sarah had not been taken for favouritism, but simply

background now, just that she may be coddled up and made to think herself better than anybody else.

her, who has come among strangers at nine years old, and is fretting her poor little heart out for the sake of the father who loved her better than any

Miss Clark's remarks to heart at all. "He didn't do so much for her. He wasn't

ul rose up in absolut

stay grumbling and sulking here; you will have to accept the situation. Mrs. Stubbs is your mother, and the mistress of this house and family. She does not ask your leave whether she shall take y

not daring to refuse, though she

nnie are going o

go out with you and

hree sisters

y shame," Flos

the governess sharply. "G

very well with her during the rest of the morning. Miss Clark went the one way she hated above all other

oe and had to stop and take it off and shake out the pebble; and then, of course, she had to stop also to have her shoe tied again, and one or two people stopped to se

e back. It really was too bad, and Flossie sat down in the schoolroom window to watch for them with a face like a thunder cloud and a he

m and Johnnie down to Seven Dials to buy some guinea-pigs, and Seven Dials being a long way from South

broom" if only she might have gone with Charles and Tom and Johnnie to enjoy the somewhat doubtful delights of Seven Dials. That, howeve

e carriage and disappear within the house; sh

airs, even then. Poor Flossie kicked at the window-board more noisily than ever, and

May came in, looking radiant. Flossi

. I've been looking for yo

," Flossie snapped. Then with a fierce glance at the parcel in

t look like that, Flossie; I've brought you b

u brought?" h

s in cho

ousness that sulky people have, that her last reply had sounded too much like

y, putting the ca

gat; it always makes my t

passionately fond of that form of sweet

ve been worthy of the occasion had she said that she detested--well,

usual placid air of disgust. "Perhaps, though, you'll think differentl