He felt that he was a very good little boy, indeed, and that the tall lady was understanding it.

He had been an innocent bystander.
Miss Juliana again eyed the skirted Wilbur, and the viewless wind of a smile's beginning blew across the lower half of her accusing face.

Then she favoured the mere street urchin with a glance of extreme repugnance.
"I shall have to ask all of you to come with me," she said, terribly.
"Where to ?" demanded the chief culprit.
"You know well enough." This was all too true.
"Me ?" demanded the upright Merle, as if there must have been some mistake.

Surely no right-thinking person could implicate him in this rowdy affair! "You, if you please," said Miss Juliana, but she smiled beautifully upon him.

He felt himself definitely aligned with the forces of justice.