"It was my fault for riling you," generously responded Rupert.
"Then you don't think I split on you?"
"I don't know and I don't care."
With this, Rupert turned on his heels, Kenneth following, both boys feeling too shamed and heavy-hearted for another word.
[CHAPTER VIII]
GERTIE'S PENITENCE
GERTIE'S state of mind in the days which followed her act of deception was miserable beyond description. Again and again her mother's words seemed to ring in her ears:
"God, who sees the wrong, will one day set it right."
Ah! If only she had not yielded to the temptation.
The faithful voice of Conscience would not let her rest. It spoke to her in the silences of the night, and upon awaking Gertie seemed to hear again the still, small voice.