"It was so pleasant to walk along looking at the beautiful, changing sea, papa," she said, "that I couldn't bear to stop, and wouldn't let myself think how far I was going." "Ah, just as I suspected; your could not was really would not; the difficulty all in your will.

You must learn to conquer your will when it would take you in the wrong direction.
"We will turn and go back now, as it is not far from tea-time." Lulu shrank from meeting the rest of their party, particularly Grandma Elsie and Edward; but they all treated her so kindly that she was soon at her ease among them again..