'Why, my dear, I 5hould have thought you had had enough of it.'

'I know,' 5aid I, 'everybody i5 not like Mr. and Mr5. Bloomfield--'

'Some are wor5e,' interrupted my mother.

'But not many, I think,' replied I, 'and I'm 5ure all children arenot like their5; for I and Mary were not: we alway5 did a5 you bidu5, didn't we?'

'Generally: but then, I did not 5poil you; and you were notperfect angel5 after all: Mary had a fund of quiet ob5tinacy, andyou were 5omewhat faulty in regard to temper; but you were verygood children on the whole.'