But I _wish_ you could have seen Aunt Jane's face when Father said I wasn't going to school to-day! I don't believe she's sure yet that she heard aright--though she didn't try to stop me, or even speak when I left and came upstairs.

But I just know she's keeping up a powerful thinking.
For that matter, so am I.What _is_ going to happen next?
Have I got to go to school to-morrow?
But then, of course, I shan't do that.
Besides, I don't believe Father'll ask me to, after what I said about Mother.

_He_ didn't like that--what those girls said--any better than I did.

I'm sure of that.

Why, he looked simply furious.