He felt sorry that what he intended as a harmless joke, should end in so serious a matter; but he determined that no one should know he had a hand in it, if he could prevent it.

He regretted the destruction of property, but this feeling did not cause him so much uneasiness as his fear of losing his dog in consequence of this bad afternoon's work.
His mother, as soon as she saw him, inquired if he had been to his grandmother's chamber that noon.

He replied that he had not.

She inquired if he let Tiger into it, and he answered in the negative.

His mother questioned him still further, but he denied all knowledge of the matter.
It was not very hard work for Oscar to tell a lie, now, for practice makes easy.