"That was not obeying; I told you to do it immediately," he said in a tone of severity, "What did you do in the mean time?"
"I don't want to tell you," she muttered.
"You must; and you are not to say you don't want to do what I bid you.
What were you doing?"
"Walking round the town."
"Breaking two of your father's commands at once. What next? give me a full account of the manner in which you spent the day."
"I came in soon and changed my dress; then went to the beach till the bathing hour; then Betty and I went in together; then we had our dinner at the hotel and came back to the beach for a little while; then we went to Sankaty."
"Filling up the whole day with repeated acts of disobedience," he said.
"Papa, you didn't say I mustn't go in to bathe, or that I shouldn't take a walk."
"I told you to stay at home, and you disobeyed that order again and again. And you have been behaving very badly ever since, showing a most unamiable temper. I have overlooked it, hoping to see a change for the better in your conduct without my resorting to punishment; but I think the time has now come when I must try that with you."
He paused for some moments. Wondering at his silence, she at length ventured a timid look up into his face.