She put her arm about the sobbing culprit , and drew him to her side . `` He did n't know it was wrong , '' she said defiantly to Judith . `` He 's got to be taught , then , '' was Judith 's retort . `` No , you need n't try to beg him off , Salome . He shall go right to bed without supper , and stay there till to-morrow morning . '' `` Oh ! not without his supper , '' entreated Salome . `` You -- you wo n't improve the child 's morals by injuring his stomach , Judith . '' `` 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 XXXXX what he has done in the past fortnight -- in one fortnight , Salome .
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