Oh! Sister Mary Felice looked at Sister Theckla, and Sister Theckla
looked at Sister Mary Felice--and they both said: ``Where did she
learn that?''

But Bessie Bell knew that the little girl did not mean to throw her
down, so she said, ``No, you didn't mean to do it.''

She had thought she ought to say that, and she had been getting
ready to say that before the little girl had been made to beg her
pardon, and now that she had gotten ready she said: ``No, you didn't
mean to do it.''

Then the little girl stopped crying, too, and ran and caught Bessie
Bell's hand again and said to her again:

``I beg your pardon!
Grant me grace!
I hope the cat won't scratch your face!''

So they went skipping down the walk together just as they had gone
before. Then Sister Mary Felice and Sister Theckla both said:
``Well! Well!''

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