"You had better tell the truth.

Saveria's whip hurts." "And so does my hand, rascal!" cried Napoleon, enraged at the taunts of his brother.

And he sprang upon Joseph, and beat and bit him so sharply that the elder boy howled for help, and Uncle Joey Fesch was obliged to pull the brothers apart.

For Joseph and Napoleon were forever quarrelling; and Uncle Joey Fesch was kept busy separating them, or smoothing over their squabbles.
As Uncle Joey Fesch drew Napoleon away, he said, "Tell them you took the fruit, and they will pardon you.

Is it not so, Uncle Lucien ?" he added, turning to the canon.
"Assuredly, Joey Fesch," the Canon Lucien replied.