"Yes," said Rose.
"Mind you remember it, then. If you don't behave yourself, Mrs. Waters has my full permission to punish you, and if she don't punish you enough, I'll give you a little extra when I get home. I shall ask her to report to me about you. Do you hear?"
"Yes."
"Yes! Where's your manners? Say 'Yes, sir.'"
"Yes, sir."
"Mind you remember then. And there's one thing more. Don't you go to run away. If you do, it'll be the worse for your brother."
With this parting threat he went out of the house.
"Now, children," said Mrs. Waters, "go out and play. I'm up to my elbows in work, and I can't have you in the way."
"Where shall we go?" asked Rose.
"Out in the back yard."