"Ah! she has not forgotten, you see, sir," said Henry, exultant. "She knows how naughty she was."
A smile, which Shirley would not permit to expand, made her lip tremble; she bent her face, and hid it half with her arms, half in her curls, which, as she stooped, fell loose again. "Certainly I was a rebel," she answered.
"A rebel!" repeated Henry. "Yes; you and papa had quarrelled terribly, and you set both him and mamma, and Mrs. Pryor, and everybody, at defiance. You said he had insulted you----"
"He _had_ insulted me," interposed Shirley.

"Ah! she has not forgotten, you see, sir," said Henry, exultant. "She knows how naughty she was."
A smile made Shirley's lip tremble; she bent her face, and hid it half in her curls, which fell loose again. "Certainly I was a rebel," she answered.
"A rebel!" repeated Henry. "Yes; you and papa had quarrelled terribly, and you defied both him and mamma. You said he had insulted you-"
"He had insulted me," interposed Shirley.
