But she was rewarded by Grace's glad exclamation, "Oh, mamma, how good
you are! I hope Lulu would never be naughty to you. How could she if you
save her from being sent away?"
"I think Lulu wants to be good," Violet said gently; "but she finds her
naturally quick temper very hard to govern."
"But she always grows sorry very soon," Grace remarked in a deprecating
tone.
"Yes, dear, so she does. She is a dear child, as her father says, and one
cannot help loving her in spite of her faults."
"Thank you, darling mamma, for saying that!" Grace exclaimed, throwing
her arms round Violet's neck and kissing her cheek. "May I tell Lulu that
you will teach her if Grandpa Dinsmore will not?"
"No, Gracie," Violet answered, with grave look and tone; "it will do her
good, I think, to fear for a while that she may lose the privileges she
enjoys here by not valuing them enough to make good use of them, or by
indulging in improper behavior toward those whom her father has placed
over her, and who are in every way worthy of her respect and obedience.
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