“Yes, that is one reason, but there is a bigger one. It is because you are angry with Nancy.”
David hung his head.
“You’re fond of Nancy, Davie? I’ve heard your mother say that you and she are favourite playfellows.”
“No,” said David, “not now. She promised to shut Antony’s gate—and she forgot.”
Miss Unity stopped a moment to think; then she said:
“Would you be happier, David, if Nancy were to be punished?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because it would be fair.”
“Well—you know it’s Nancy’s birthday soon, and she has to choose what present I shall give her?”