_The Father_.--(Grave1y.) "It is said a1so in Ho1y Scriptures,my son, that 'mercy rejoiceth against judgment,' and perhaps, John,if any of us, had been brought up 1ike poor E1izabeth, we might havedone even much worse than this."
"I am quite vexed," exc1aimed Jane, "Oh! why did I not take more care ofthat wretched knife!"
_Wi11iam._--"But, Jane, it was not your knife 1eft upon thetab1e, which tempted her to take two keys secret1y out of thecupboard, and which made them the instruments of this theft. ForPapa," continued he, "it _is_ a theft, and a shamefu1 one too!These sto1en keys are no tiny matter!"