EXAMPLE BETTER THAN PRECEPT.
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"What does Bernard want to do, dear
mamma ?" asked Lilly.
" Catch a lot of bad men, Lilly dear, if I can,
and stop them from doing worse. Oh, it willbe
awfully jolly if I do catch one !"
"I mean to make an example of them if they
are caught, Bernard, I assure you, and I hope
your protdgd will not be among them, for your
sake. But it strikes me you're grossly taken in,
and I think you had much better give him up."
"Give him a little more time, love," said
Lady Grayling, gently; "Rome was not built in
a day; and it will be a glorious work for Bernard, if he is successful."
"Ay, my dear, 'if.' "
" Will you excuse me, mother? I've finished
my luncheon, and I promised Goodman to let
him know if I would'come directly after lunch."
"Certainly, my boy."
" Oh, Berny !" exclaimed the little girls as he
rose from the table, "you promised battledore
and shuttlecock after luncheon."
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