made--again
many
apologies--"Nothing,I
assure
you,nothing.Boys
will be
boys,I
know,"from
Miss
Maddison.
Then they
were
seated in
the
jingle,Jeremy
next to
Aunt
Amy,awaiting
his
scolding.It
did not
come.Aunt
Amy
tried;she
knew what
she should
say.She
should be
very
angry,disgusted,ashamed.
She could
not be any
of these
things.That
horrid boy
had
insulted
her.She
was
touched
and proud
as she had
never been
touched
and proud
in her
life
before.
Jeremy
waited,and
