I GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF MY WICKEDNESS. 153

you will both be good enough to give me a
clear account of what has happened, that I
may not be acting quite in the dark: it is
very evident that I have been grossly de-
ceived and misled by some one: sit down
there, Madge, and hear for yourself what this
man has to say;” and Mr. Mullins, with many
preparatory coughs, at last gives the whole
account of my early visit to him that un-
lucky morning, adding that as the roses went
to the show, and he let me have them cheap,
he thought there would be no harm in his
asking for a trifle more than the price I
gave,

Father having listened in silence to his
long account, turns to me and asks, “if it is
all correct.” I simply nod my answer, for
it is as much as I can do to keep from
bursting into tears, and I think I have men-
tioned before that Father objects to these
little displays of feeling.

-I am then and there commanded to give
an account of all my wickedness from begin-
ning to end, and Mr. Mullins stands and