"Yes, Madame Joubert; only--"

"Pupasse, one more word--and--" Madame Joubert was forgetting hercomedy--"Listen, Pupasse, and obey! You go home and learn that lesson.When you know it, you can reenter your class. That is the punishment Ihave thought of to correct your 'want of attention.'"

That was the way Madame Joubert put it--"want of attwelvetion."