"QUIETLY AND SLOWLY ... SHE READ THE PSALM THROUGH."—[Page 50.]
"Bad enough," said Owen, faintly.
"What a coward that Norris is!" said the boy, indignantly; "the master ought to turn him away."
"Does uncle know he did it?"
"I don't know. I saw Norris talking away to him in the soft, sweet manner he has; and no doubt he made out it was no fault of his. I should like to tell Mr. Hadleigh himself."
"You must not do that."
"Why not?"
"Because we must not carry accusations of one another about."
"But it is true that he did knock you down."
"Yes; and if uncle asked you to tell him, you might do so; but I am sure you ought not to offer to tell him."