If there is anything about them that you do like, comment on that, but remain silent as to the things that displeased you." The Maynard children well knew that when their father talked seriously like this, it was intended as a grave reproof, and they always took it so.
"Father," said King, manfully, "I was wrong to speak as I did, and I'm sorry, and I won't do it again.

We didn't any of us like to be at Grandma Maynard's, but I was the only one who spoke so disrespectfully.

Midge and Kitty were awfully nice about it." "No, we weren't," confessed Kitty.

"At least, I wasn't.

Midget said lots of times that we oughtn't to be disrespectful, but I guess I was.