“But when I give you a direction like that, it is your duty to observe.”
Rollo was silent. After a short pause, he added,
“Well, father, you said that there were two reasons why you sent me away.”
“Yes, the other was that you were spoiling all the pleasure of the party. You kept Mary and mother continually uneasy and anxious.”
“But I don’t think I went into any danger.”
“Perhaps not; that is not what I charge you with. I did not send you away for going into danger, but for making other persons anxious and uneasy.”
“But, father, if there was not any danger, why need they be uneasy?”
“Do you suppose that persons are never made uneasy and anxious, except by actual danger?”
“Why—I don’t know, sir.”
“If you observe persons carefully, you will see that they are.”