Then I went into the house by the kitchen, bribed Mary to clean my soiled pants without telling mother, slipped up-stairs, and went to bed without my supper.
The next day I bought a handsome seven-dollar ring, and sent it to Hetty as some compensation for the damage done to her dress.
That evening was singing-school evening.

I went early, so as to get my seat without attracting attention.

Early as I was, I was not the first.

A group of young people was gathered about the great black-board, on which the master illustrated his lessons.

They were having lots of fun, and did not notice me as I came in.