“He hasn’t been kind to me, and I don’t care if it is wrong,” she said. “I shall do as I like.”
“But I want you not to either,” said Susan.
“I don’t care a bit. Why should I?” asked Sophia Jane, who was evidently in one of her most reckless moods.
Susan was silent. There was not much reason certainly that Sophia Jane should wish to please her; then a bright idea came into her head.
“If you’ll promise not to laugh at French lessons,” she said, “I’ll give you a new head for your doll as soon as I’ve got enough money.”
Sophia Jane considered this offer with her head on one side; then she asked:
“What price?”
“Half-a-crown,” answered Susan, “and that will buy the very best you can get.”
“Well,” said Sophia Jane slowly, “I promise.”
“But if you whisper, or make faces, or nudge me with your elbow you won’t have it,” added Susan hastily.