Sarah turned her head away to hide the smile this ingenious defense provoked; the General saw the smile and it irritated him.
"Unless you can apologize handsomely, sir," said he, with his grandest air, "you may spend the rest of the day in your room."
May walked away in silence that was more expressive than speech.
"He is the most stubborn boy in the world!" said the General. "He deserved a week in the guard-house."
"You don't understand him," said Sarah. "But you'll find there'll be a tug of war unless you change your tactics."
"His discipline shall begin from this hour," said the General, sternly. "I will not be defied in my own house. Sarah, you will send him nothing but bread and water to-day."
"General," Sarah replied, coolly, "you govern the guard-house but I manage the kitchen! I shall send that boy just what we have to eat, and I may make ice-cream for him, beside."