"My message. Did you deliver it?"
"No, aunt Candy."
"Did you forget it, Matilda?"
"I did not forget it."
Both mother and daughter lifted up their heads at this.
"Why did you not give the message, then?"
Matilda was in sore difficulty. There was nothing she could think of to say. So she said nothing.
"Speak, child!" said her aunt. "Why did you not give my message as I charged you?"
"I did not like to do it, Aunt Candy."
"You did not like to do it! Please to say why you did not like to do it."