I told you to clear a passage-way, yesterday morning.

That would have saved the rest from getting trod down, and at noon you could have finished the job.
Why did you not do as I told you to ?" "I did begin to make a path," replied Oscar; "but I did n't have time to finish it, and when I got home from school, the snow was all trodden down hard." "Did n't have time ?" said his father; "what do you tell me such a story as that for?
You could have made all the path that was necessary in fifteen or twenty minutes, if you had been disposed to do it.

By neglecting to obey me, you have got me into a pretty scrape.

I have had to go before the Police Court, this forenoon, and pay a fine and costs, amounting to over five dollars, for your negligence and disobedience.

And now," he added, "you may try once more, and see if you can do as I tell you to.