"Here I am," said the guilty girl, entering the front door.
"It is time for you to get ready for school," added Mrs. Green.
"I'm not going to school to-day."
"Not going to school? Why not, miss?"
"Because I don't want to go."
"I think you are going," said the housekeeper, firmly.
"And I think I am not going!"
"Very well; then I will send for Mr. Long," added Mrs. Green, with a coolness and decision which were not without their effect upon the stubborn girl.
Mr. Long was a constable, and outside of his official duties, he was often employed in various miscellaneous offices by Mr. Grant. He lived in a small cottage adjoining the Woodville estate. This man was a great bugbear to Fanny, who had a very proper and wholesome regard for the strong arm of the law.
"I don't care for Mr. Long," said Fanny, shaking her shoulders in defiance; but this was only a vain boast.