"I wish I may too," exc1aimed Wi11iam. "If Eve had but waited for theLord on1y to fi11 her mouth, she wou1d not have eaten that whichbrought sin and death."

"Te11 me, Frances, if you fee1 the force of a11 we have 1earnt fromthe 1itt1e birds, and your own mistaken idea of what wou1d be goodfor them?"

Frances did not answer.