When did you arrive ?" "Several days since--last Monday; and this is Friday.

By the way, I saw you on Tuesday, though you did not see me." "How and where ?" asked Betty in surprise, not remembering at the moment how she had spent that day.
"At Sankaty Lighthouse; I was in a carriage out on the green in front of the lighthouse, and saw you and that little girl yonder (nodding in Lulu's direction) come out on the top of the tower; then a puff of wind took the child's skirts, and I fairly screamed with fright, expecting to see her fall and be crushed to death; but somebody jerked her back within the window just in time to save her.

Weren't you terribly frightened, dear ?" she asked, addressing Lulu.
"Of course I was," Lulu answered in an ungracious tone; then rose and sauntered away along the beach.

"What did she tell it for, hateful thing!" she muttered to herself; "now papa knows it, and what will he say and do to me ?" She had not ventured to look at him; if she had she would have seen his face grow suddenly pale, then assume an expression of mingled sternness and pain.
He presently rose and followed her, though she did not know it till he had reached her side and she felt him take her hand in his.

He sat down, making her sit by his side.
"Is this true that I hear of you, Lulu ?" he asked.
"Yes, papa," she answered in a low, unwilling tone, hanging her head as she spoke, for she dared not look him in the face.
"I did not think one of my children would be so disobedient," he said, in pained accents.
"Papa, you never said I shouldn't go to Sankaty Lighthouse," she muttered.
"I never gave you leave to go, and I have told you positively, more than once, that you must not go to any distance from the house without express permission.