and I are going.'

'Really, Dora,' said Elizabeth, 'I think he had better not go, unless
he has some reason for wishing to do so, better than what you have
mentioned.'

'I believe he understands it all as well as we do,' said Dora; 'we
have all been talking about it in the nursery, this evening, at
supper:--and you know, Mamma, he has quite left off being naughty in
church.'

'Still, my dear,' said Mrs. Woodbourne, 'I scarcely think that we can
take him; I cannot have him sitting with me, among the people whom we
have invited, and he will certainly grow tired and restless.'

'I do not think his being tired just at last will signify,' said
Elizabeth; 'he will attend at first, I am sure, and it is a thing he
must never forget all his life. I will take care of him and
Winifred, and Dora can behave well without being watched.'

'Very well, my dear,' said Mrs. Woodbourne in her plaintive voice,
'I shall be glad for him to go, if you can undertake to keep him in
order, but you must take care you do not tire yourself. You will
have almost too much to do afterwards, and you must not let yourself
be harassed by his restlessness.'

'Oh no, Mamma, thank you,' said Elizabeth, 'he will not fidget, and
I am not afraid of anything in the summer, and on such a great day as
to-morrow. I could walk to Johnny Groat's house, and take care of
fifty children, if need were.'