It was lovely of Mrs.Lynde to give me the ribbon too.

I feel that I ought to be a very good girl indeed.

It's at times like this I'm sorry I'm not a model little girl; and I always resolve that I will be in future.

But somehow it's hard to carry out your resolutions when irresistible temptations come.

Still, I really will make an extra effort after this." When the commonplace breakfast was over Diana appeared, crossing the white log bridge in the hollow, a gay little figure in her crimson ulster.