Come here to your place." She rose, and led him to his customary seat in the recess of the old-fashioned window.

"Sit down," she said.
"I don't want to sit down." "Not if I ask you ?" He instantly sat down.

Mrs.Wagner produced her pocket-book, and made a mark in it with her pencil.

"One good conduct-mark already for Jack," she said.

"Now I must go on with my work; and you must occupy yourself quietly, in some way that will amuse you.