"Why did you not tell me this ?" "I thought it might have been Eliza who did it," replied the boy; "but I am no tattle-tale, uncle.

Besides, I would have said nothing on Panoria's account.

She did not lie." "No more did Eliza," said Joseph.
"Bah, imbecile!" said Napoleon, turning on his brother.

"Where, then, is the difference between telling a lie and acting one by keeping quiet, if both mislead ?" You can readily believe that Napoleon was made much of by all his family because of his action.

"That is the stuff that makes brave soldiers, leaders, and patriots, my son," his "Mamma Letitia" said.