“Ah,” said he, “Lucy, who made them?”
“I,” replied Lucy.
“Who showed you how?” asked Royal.
“Miss Anne,” replied Lucy.
“Those are right,” said Royal. He was just ready to say, I told you you made them wrong before; but, then, he reflected that it would not be pleasant to her, for him to triumph over her, and so he only said, “Those are right.”
“And now, Lucy,” he continued, “you may see me put my wagon together, and then to-morrow you shall learn to make twos.”
That afternoon, Miss Anne questioned Royal about the lesson he had been giving Lucy, and Royal repeated to her, as nearly as he could recollect, all that took place.
“I got along a little better,” he said, when he had finished his account, “than I did the first time.”
“Yes,” replied Miss Anne, “you have learned something. You have got along just about as far in the art of teaching, as Lucy has in arithmetic. If you both persevere, you’ll learn after a time.”