“What could they have done?”
“I think they needn’t have left me,” repeated Josephine, not very pleasantly.
“You insisted on going with them, though they told you they were going a long distance, and you would be very tired. I don’t think you can reasonably blame them.”
“They knew I wasn’t used to the woods.”
“You told them that you wouldn’t go with them unless they drew you on the wagon. You might have followed them without any difficulty.”
“I didn’t think they would leave me.”
“I don’t know what else they could do. You would not go with them; and the least they could do was to let you have your own way.”
“I won’t go with them again,” pouted Josephine.
“They did not want you to go with them. It was only at Flora’s request that they consented you should go. Josephine, you have got a bad habit, which I hope you will cure before long.”
“A bad habit, ma’am?” said Josephine, looking up at Mrs. Lee, as though she thought it very strange that she should have a bad habit.