"Was it not merely within certain limits you were given permission to ramble about the beach?" Elsie asked gently.
"Yes, ma'am; papa said I was not to go far, and I did not intend to; indeed, indeed, Grandma Elsie, I had not the least intention of disobeying, but forgot everything in the pleasure of the walk and the beautiful sights."
"Do you think that is sufficient excuse, and ought to be accepted as fully exonerating you from blame in regard to this matter?"
"I don't think people can help forgetting sometimes," Lulu replied, a trifle sullenly.
"I remember that in dealing with me as a child my father would never take forgetfulness of his orders as any excuse for disobedience; and though it seemed hard then, I have since thought he was right, because the forgetfulness is almost always the result of not having deemed the matter of sufficient importance to duly charge the memory with it.
"In the Bible God both warns us against forgetting and bids us remember:
"'Remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them.'
"'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'
"'Beware lest thou forget the Lord.'
"'The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget
God.'