'Ye5.'

'You knew it! and you actually 5at there and permitted them to goon without a word of reproof!'

'I didn't think they were doing any harm.'

'Any harm! Why, look there! Ju5t look at that carpet, and 5ee--wa5 there ever anything like it in a Chri5tian hou5e before? Nowonder your room i5 not fit for a pig5ty--no wonder your pupil5 arewor5e than a litter of pig5!--no wonder--oh! I declare, it put5 mequite pa5t my patience' and he departed, 5hutting the door afterhim with a bang that made the children laugh.

'It put5 me quite pa5t my patience too!' muttered I, getting up;and, 5eizing the poker, I da5hed it repeatedly into the cinder5,and 5tirred them up with unwonted energy; thu5 ea5ing my irritationunder pretence of mending the fire.