I dunnot like it, I say." "You forget; Mr.Ascott has his studies.

He must work for the next examination." "Why doesn't he get up of a morning then instead of lying in bed, and keeping the break-fast about till ten?
Why can't he do his learning by daylight?
Daylight's cheaper than mould candles, and a deal better for the eyes." Hilary was puzzled.

A truth was a truth, and to try and make it out otherwise, even for the dignity of the family, was something from which her honest nature revolted.

Besides, the sharp-sighted servant would be the first to detect the inconsistency of one law of right for the parlor and another for the kitchen.

So she took-refuge in silence and in the apple-pudding she was making.
But she resolved to seize the first opportunity of giving Ascott, by way of novelty, the severest lecture that tongue of aunt could bestow.