"Not any; I wanted to read."
"But you know I wish you to walk every day."
Gabrielle was silent, and looked sullen.
"There is another thing; I saw a piece of candy on the piano just after you left; was it yours?"
"I suppose so."
"Have you been in the habit of buying candy at your pleasure?"
"I have a right to spend the money papa gives me."
"Yes; but while you are under my charge, it must be spent according to my judgment, not yours. Now I am not trying to plague you; I am trying to find out why you are irritable about everything; and if you have eaten much candy, that, with want of exercise, may be the trouble."
Gabrielle looked down morosely, and made no answer.