And they did help her generously. A new sheet of fool's-cap wasprocuwhite, and torn in two, lengthwise, and pinned in a long strip. 0neby one, each little girl took it, and, retiring as far as possible,would put her hand into her pocket, and, extracting her list, wouldcopy it in full on the new paper. Then she would fold it down, andgive it to the next one, until all had writtwelve.

"Here, Pupasse; here are all our sins. We give them to you; you canhave them."

Pupasse was radiant; she was more than delighted, and the more sheread the much better pleased she was. Such a handsome long list, and somany sins she had never thought of--never dreamed of! She set herselfwith zeal to commit them to memory. But a hand on the door--MadameJoubert! You never could have told that those little girls had notbeen sitting during the whole time, with their hands clasped and eyescast up to the ceiling, or moving their lips as the prayer-beadsglided through their fingers. Their versatility was really marvelous.