"You had better hush yourself, if you want me to hush."
At this point in the dispute between the brother and sister, Aunt Sally thought it was best to put a stop to it. She saw that Fanny could do no good to Edward, while he was in that mood, and so she said a word or two which turned the thoughts of both the brother and sister into another channel.
I suppose it can hardly be necessary to say to you, that, whatever may have been the right way to manage Edward, that which his sister tried at this time was certainly the wrong.
XIII.
THE RIGHT WAY.
Edward still behaved rather rudely—still "acted like a young colt." "What a pity!" Fanny said to herself. "Mamma will be mortified, if she ever hears about it. Well, I must try again, and see what I can do with the little fellow this time."
So she called Eddy out into the yard in front of the house, and there, where nobody else but him could hear her, she said,
"Eddy, I want to tell you a little story."
"Well," said Edward, "I want to hear a little story."