Eagerly she reached down into the trunk and drew out carefully a dress in tiny checks of green and white. "That's my silk dress," she said, regarding it fondly. "It is very neatly made," returned Mrs. Forbes repressively. "It doesn't matter at all what little girls have on if they are clean and neat. It only matters that they shall be obedient and good."
Jewel regarded her with the patience which children exercise toward the inevitable. "I'd like to fix Anna Belle's drawer myself," she said modestly. "Very well, you may.英文原著 · 《Jewel》
Forbes had not been present, but as it was, he had never felt so embarrassed in his life. "Now eat your oatmeal, Julia," said the housekeeper repressively. Evringham always reads his paper at breakfast."
"Yes," replied the child with docility. She poured the cream from a small silver pitcher with a neatness that won Mrs. Forbes's approval; and Mr. Evringham read over headlines in the paper, while he sipped his coffee, without understanding in the least the meaning of the words. Forbes was right. Discipline must be maintained.英文原著 · 《Jewel》