Lilla looked ashamed.
"Thirdly, they will keep till Monday, if good care is taken."
"Then we can carry them to school," joyfully exclaimed Lilla.
"And what do you think of Mr. Brooks now?" asked mamma.
"Why, I don't know what to think, I'm so surprised. Are you certain they're from him?"
"I judge so, from what Rosa told me last night. Mr. Brooks asked her who you were, and when she told him you were going to send the rubbers as a valentine to Dinah, he said, 'I believe I'll write down their names: "One good turn deserves another."' And more than that, Rosa says he is one of the kindest men she ever knew, and far from being as cross as he looks."
"I think," said Lilla, "I shall remember after this lesson to 'judge not by appearances.'"
"I guess I'll keep account of all the proverbs about Mr. Brooks," said Margie, and reaching mischievously for papa's pencil, she wrote:
"Before you say 'tis chill December,
Know all the signs of mild September."