I think I have a better plan.

Since you refuse to tell me who wrote it, open it yourself, take this chalk, and copy the contents on the blackboard that we may all enjoy them.

And sign the writer's name at the bottom." "Oh," gasped Cecily, choosing the lesser of two evils, "I'll tell you who wrote it--it was-- "Hush!" Mr.Perkins checked her with a gentle motion of his hand.

He was always most gentle when most inexorable.

"You did not obey me when I first ordered you to tell me the writer.