"No, not until I was accused of doing it myself before the whole school."
"Why did you not defend yourself on the spot?"
"I could not speak, neither did I know what to say."
"Why have you allowed yourself to remain in such a false position for a whole week?"
"I do not know."
"Suppose I had not found this out, did you intend to keep silent?"
"Yes," I replied.
"Did Miss —— ask you to do so?"
"Yes."
I had been a great favorite with this teacher, but she was so disgusted with my stupidity, as she called my timidity, that she said: