"Here, here!" Caroline hastened to say, and she restored the little packet to its place. He shut it up; he locked it in with a small key attached to his watch-guard; he restored the other papers to order, closed the repository, and sat down without further remark.
"I thought you would have scolded much more, sir," said Henry. "The girls deserve reprimand."
"I leave them to their own consciences."
"It accuses them of crimes intended as well as perpetrated, sir. If I had not been here, they would have treated your portfolio as they have done your desk; but I told them it was padlocked."
"And will you have lunch with us?" here interposed Shirley, addressing Moore, and desirous, as it seemed, to turn the conversation.

"Here!" Caroline hastened to say, and she restored the little packet to its place. He shut it up and locked it with a small key; he put the other papers in order, closed the desk, and sat down without further remark.
"I thought you would have scolded much more, sir," said Henry. "The girls deserve reprimand."
"I leave them to their own consciences."
"If I had not been here, they would have ransacked your portfolio too; but I told them it was padlocked."
"And will you have lunch with us?" here interposed Shirley, wishing, it seemed, to turn the conversation.
