"You behaved very badly indeed," said Miss Sherrard; "and you are now talking in an extremely silly way."
Kitty bowed her head; the light went out of her eyes, her face turned pale.
"What punishment will you invent to torture me with?" she said at last in a low voice. "I suppose I have done wrong, and I am willing to take the punishment. What is it?"
"Of course you must be punished," said the head-mistress; "it would never do to allow disobedience is the school. You see, Kitty—"
"Oh, bless you, bless you, for calling me by my Christian name," muttered Kitty Malone.
"Kitty, I am inclined to take you into my confidence."
"Are you, indeed? I declare you're an old dear!"
"You have come to school to learn, have you not?"
"Not a bit of it," answered Kitty; "I came to school to please the old dad."
"Your father?"