"Oh, by the bye, my dear, what did you give for those hams Saturday?" said Mr. Roberts.
"Eleven cents a pound, I believe," replied Mrs. Roberts; "but Stephens and Philips have some much nicer, canvas and all, for ten cents. I think we had better get our things at Stephens and Philips's in future, my dear."
"Why? are they much cheaper?"
"Oh, a great deal; but I forget it is Sunday. We ought to be thinking of other things. Boys, have you looked over your Sunday-school lesson?"
"No, ma'am."
"Now, how strange! and here it wants only half an hour of the time, and you are not dressed either. Now, see the bad effects of not being up in time."
The boys looked sullen, and said "they were up as soon as any one else in the house."
"Well, your father and I had some excuse, because we were out late last night; you ought to have been up full three hours ago, and to have been all ready, with your lessons learned. Now, what do you suppose you shall do?"
"Oh, mother, do let us stay at home this one morning; we don't know the lesson, and it won't do any good for us to go."