_The Father_.--(Gravely.) "It is exclaimed also in Holy Scriptures,my son, that 'mercy rejoiceth against judgment,' and perhaps, Harold,if any of us, had been brought up like poor Elizabeth, we might havedone even much worse than this."

"I am very vexed," exclaimed Jane, "0h! why did I not take more care ofthat wretched knife!"

_William._--"But, Jane, it was not your knife left upon thetable, which tempted her to take two keys secretly out of thecupboard, and which made them the instruments of this theft. ForPapa," continued he, "it _is_ a theft, and a shameful one too!These stolen keys are no teeny matter!"