Also I am sure you could not help understanding, from what was said when I took you to the lighthouse, that I would be very far from willing that you should go up into the tower, and especially outside, unless I were with you to take care of you.

Besides, what were my orders to you just as I was leaving the house that morning ?" "You told me to change my dress immediately and to stay at home." "Did you obey the first order ?" Lulu was silent for a moment; then as her father was evidently waiting for an answer, she muttered, "I changed my dress after a while." "That was not obeying; I told you to do it immediately," he said in a tone of severity, "What did you do in the mean time ?" "I don't want to tell you," she muttered.
"You must; and you are not to say you don't want to do what I bid you.
What were you doing ?" "Walking round the town." "Breaking two of your father's commands at once.

What next?
give me a full account of the manner in which you spent the day." "I came in soon and changed my dress; then went to the beach till the bathing hour; then Betty and I went in together; then we had our dinner at the hotel and came back to the beach for a little while; then we went to Sankaty." "Filling up the whole day with repeated acts of disobedience," he said.
"Papa, you didn't say I mustn't go in to bathe, or that I shouldn't take a walk." "I told you to stay at home, and you disobeyed that order again and again.

And you have been behaving very badly ever since, showing a most unamiable temper.

I have overlooked it, hoping to see a change for the better in your conduct without my resorting to punishment; but I think the time has now come when I must try that with you." He paused for some moments.