“Yes, I aimed it at her.”
“That was a very naughty thing for you to do. Just think of all that might have happened: the lady galloped her horse at you——”
“And at you too.”
“And if it had not been for this good dog that arrived just in time, you might be badly hurt.”
“And you too.”
“None of those things would have happened if you had not thrown that lump of dirt.”
“What made that dragoon strike me with her whip?”
“Why didn’t you stand aside to let her pass?”
“She could pass well enough; there was plenty of room. Does she need the whole road for her and her horse?”
“My child, do you mean always to be naughty? You have already forgotten what I told you the other day; make people love you instead of making them fear you, and you will be much happier.”