`` Without his supper , I say , '' repeated Judith inexorably . `` Lionel Hezekiah , go up-stairs to the south room , and go to bed at once . '' Lionel Hezekiah went up-stairs , and went to bed at once . He was never sulky or disobedient . Salome listened to him as he stumped patiently up-stairs with a sob at every step , and her own eyes filled with tears . `` Now do n't for pity 's sake go crying , Salome , '' said Judith irritably . `` I think I 've let him off very easily . He is enough to try the patience of a saint , and I never was that , '' she added with entire truth . `` But he is n't bad , '' pleaded Salome . `` You know he never does anything the second time after he has been told it was wrong , never . '' `` What good does that do when he is certain to do something new and twice as bad ? I never saw anything like him for originating ideas of mischief . Just look at what he has done in the past fortnight -- in one fortnight , Salome . He brought in a live snake , and nearly frightened you into fits ; he drank up a bottle of liniment , and almost poisoned himself ; he took three toads to bed with him ; he climbed into the henhouse loft , and fell through on a hen and killed her ; he painted his face all over with your water-colours ; and now comes THIS exploit . And eggs at twenty-eight cents a dozen ! I tell you , Salome , Lionel Hezekiah is an expensive luxury . '' `` But we could n't do without him , '' protested Salome . '' I could . But as you ca n't , or think you ca n't , we 'll have to keep him , I suppose . But the only way to secure any peace of mind for ourselves , as far as I can see , is to tether him in the yard , and hire somebody to watch him . ''
`` There must be some way XXXXX managing him , '' said Salome desperately .
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