"I know. I'm very sorry and I told mother so. I didn't mean to, and nobody can regret it more than I do." He could hardly wait to be gone.
"I'm going away for a few days, and I should like you to stay with your mother."
"Why, of course!"
"I mean that I should like you to stay here at the house."
"All the time!" gasped Richard.
"Yes."
"What for?"
"Suppose we say that it is to show your mother that you are really sorry."
"But I can show her that without staying in the house! When are you going?"