"To think that Ada could send it!" finished Lucy, with one big sob.
"Be careful, be careful. You don't know that she did," replied Mrs. Berry. "'Thou shalt not bear false witness.'"
"Oh, I do hope she didn't," responded Lucy, "but Ada is stuck up. I've been seeing it more and more lately."
"And how about the beam in my little girl's own eye?" asked Mrs. Berry gently.
"Haven't I been telling you all about it? I've been just as selfish and cowardly as I could be." Lucy's voice was despairing.
"I think there's a beam there still. I think you are angry with Ada."
"How can I help it? If it hadn't been for her I shouldn't have been so mean."
"Oh, Lucy dear!" Mrs. Berry smiled over the head on her shoulder. "There is old Adam again, blaming somebody else for his fall. Have you forgotten that there is only one person you have the right to work with and change?"
"I don't care," replied Lucy hotly. "I've been calling evil good. I have. I've been calling Ada good and sticking to her and letting her run me."
"Was it because of what you could get from her, or because of what you could do for her?" asked Mrs. Berry quietly.