We washed them all away." "Did I do wrong, Laddie ?" "Yes, I think you did." "But it wasn't true, what she said." "That's not the point." We had reached the fence of the Big Woods.

He lifted me to the top rail and explained, while I combed his waving hair with my fingers.
"She didn't strike you because what you said was not so, for it was.
She knew instantly you were right, if she knows anything at all about outdoors.

This is what made her angry: it is her first day.

She wanted to make a good impression on her pupils, to arouse their interest, and awaken their respect.

When you spoke, all of them knew you were right, and she was wrong; that made her ridiculous.