"Was _that all?_ why _my_ papa wouldn't have punished me
for that," said Lucy. "He might have scolded me a little if I had
done it on purpose, but if I had told him I had forgotten, he
would only have said, 'You must remember better next time.'"
"Papa says that forgetfulness is no excuse; that I am to remember
his commands, and if I forget, he will have to punish me, to make
me remember better next time," said Elsie.
"He must be very strict indeed; I'm glad he is not _my_
papa," replied Lucy, in a tone of great satisfaction.
"Come, little girls, make haste and get ready; we are to start in
half an hour," said Adelaide Dinsmore, calling to them from the
hall door.
The whole family, old and young, including visitors, were on that
day to go on a picnic up the river, taking their dinner along, and
spending the day in the woods. They had been planning this
excursion for several days, and the children especially had been
looking forward to it with a great deal of pleasure.
"Am I to go, Aunt Adelaide? did papa say so?" asked Elsie
anxiously, as she and Lucy hastened to obey the summons.
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