Shaun looked in horror at what he had done. He had poured hot chocolate over the tablecloth. It was trickling down over a little girl's dress.
Perkins the butler grabbed the chocolate pot out of Shaun's hand.
He muttered, "Clumsy fellow!" and started mopping up.
The little girl began to cry.
Shaun went into the kitchen for a fresh napkin. When he came out to the party again, he heard the children snickering and whispering among themselves. As he approached the table, they stopped. He knew they were making sport of his clumsiness.
He looked at Marjorie. There were tears in her brown eyes, and she was biting her lip. That night Shaun packed his few things and left a letter for Marjorie.
THERE WERE TEARS IN MARJORIE'S BROWN EYES
He told her that he was too clumsy to stay in the home of a princess any longer. He told her that he should never forget her kindness to him.