At the second bell they filed out through the corridor to their various recitation rooms.

As Grace, who had stopped to look for a lost pencil, hurried toward the geometry classroom, she passed Julia Crosby, who was moping along, wiping her eyes with her handkerchief.

Julia cast an angry glance at Grace, and hissed, "tale-bearer." Grace, inwardly smarting at the unjust accusation walked on without answering.
"What did I tell you about the way of the transgressor ?" said Anne to Grace, as they walked home from school that day.
"It certainly is hard enough this time," said Grace.

"But," she added, as she thought of Julia Crosby's recent accusation, "the way of the righteous isn't always easy.".