Woodbourne.
'Yes, Mamma, indeed it is so,' said Elizabeth mournfully; 'I did not
know what had happened there certainly, but I would not listen to
Helen's good advice, and so I have made Papa seem to consent to what
he abhors; I have led Kate and Anne and Harriet all wrong. Oh!
Mamma, is not it terrible?'
'Indeed, I wish I had told you what your Papa said to Mr. Turner,'
said Mrs. Woodbourne; 'I am afraid your papa will be very much
annoyed; but, my dear, do not distress yourself, you could not know
that it was wrong.'
'Yes; but, Mamma,' said Elizabeth, 'I did know that it was wrong to
go out without asking your leave. Simple obedience might have kept
me straight. But now I will tell you all, and you shall judge what
had best be done about the Hazlebys and Fido.'
Rather incoherently, and with many sobs, Elizabeth told the history
of the preceding evening. Mrs. Woodbourne listened to her with the
utmost kindness, and said all she could to soothe and console her,
assuring her that Mr. Woodbourne could not be seriously displeased
with her for having transgressed a command of which she was ignorant.
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