"Father always brings it home and gives it me to read," said the child.

"It makes me laugh!"' 'Probably she knew nothing of the real meaning of it all,' said Mr.
Newthorpe.
'On the contrary, she understood the tendency of the paper surprisingly well; her father had explained everything to the family.' 'One of the interesting results of popular education,' remarked Mr.
Newthorpe philosophically.

'It is inevitable.' 'What did Mrs.Ormonde do ?' Annabel asked.
'It was a difficult point.

No good would have been done by endeavouring to set the child against her father; she would be home again in a fortnight.

So Mrs.Ormonde simply asked if she might have the paper when it was done with, and, having got possession, threw it into the fire with vast satisfaction.