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wisely. They were overcome with remorse and shame, and felt that they could never be so silly and thoughtless again.
"We've just got to punish ourselves good and hard for this," whispered Jerry as they crept upstairs. "We'll have a session of the Club first thing to-morrow and decide how we'll do it. I never saw father so cut up. But I wish to goodness the Methodists would stick to one night for their prayer meeting and not wander all over the week."
"Any how, I'm glad it wasn't what I was afraid it was," murmured Una to herself.
Behind them, in the study, Mr. Meredith had sat down at his desk and buried his face in his arms.
"God help me!" he said. "I'm a poor sort of a father. Oh, Rosemary! If you had only cared!"
