"What was it then?"
"I wanted to see the Queen."
Lucia paused. Could she call that any harm, she who loved the Queen so dearly?
"But we must not do wrong, even for a right and nice purpose," she said slowly.
"Was it wrong?"
"Yes, it was disobedient; that's where the wrong was, May. Oh, May, I do want you to think of pleasing Jesus our Saviour more than anything! Did you think of whether He would like you to do it?"
"No," said May, shaking her head, "I never do think of that."
Lucia was silent a moment.
"Would you not like to?" she said at last.
May nodded.