"Tom will never be good. He doesn't want to be—"
"He's like a crooked tree," said the Rector. "He has been crooked so long that no one can make him straight."
"Nobody but God."
"No one but God, little one. You are right. You must pray for him."
Harebell nodded and did not speak much till she reached home.
[CHAPTER VI]
AN ADVENTUROUS DAY
"HAREBELL, I am going away for a short time. I have arranged that you shall go to the Rectory and sleep there. Mrs. Garland has been kind enough to say that she will have you."
Mrs. Keith said this at breakfast-time. She had been reading a letter, and her face was flushed and eyes very bright. Harebell stared at her for a moment, then said slowly:
"I hope I shall like it."