Jerry began to whistle out of bravado . He meant to let Mary see he did n't care for HER tirades . Their behaviour was no business of HERS anyway . What right had SHE to lecture them on their conduct ? `` Doing now ! You 're doing ALL the time , '' retorted Mary . `` Just as soon as the talk about one of your didos fades away you do something else to start it up again . It seems to me you have n't any idea of how manse children ought to behave ! '' `` Maybe YOU can tell us , '' said Jerry , killingly sarcastic . Sarcasm was quite thrown away on Mary . '' I can tell you what will happen if you do n't learn to behave yourselves . The session will ask your father to resign . There now , Master Jerry-know-it-all . Mrs. Alec Davis said so to Mrs. Elliott . I heard her . I always have my ears pricked up when Mrs. Alec Davis comes to tea . She said you were all going from bad to worse and that though it was only what was to be expected when you had nobody to bring you up , still the congregation could n't be expected to put up with it much longer , and something would have to be done . The Methodists just laugh and laugh at you , and that hurts the Presbyterian feelings . SHE says you all need a good dose of birch tonic . Lor ' , if that would make folks good I oughter be a young saint .
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