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OBSTINACY. 
Richard related all the circumstances of 
the affair to his grandfather, and received, 
as he had anticipated, full permission to go 
on with his lessons. Mr. Winston was 
pleased to hear of the interest Jack had 
taken in the book of designs, and allowed 
Richard to lend it to him, saying that if 
Jack succeeded in manufacturing a pretty 
rustic seat he would employ him to make 
some for the garden. Richard was very 
much pleased; for he had conceived a great 
interest in his pupil and thought him ve^ 
hopeful. The only thing that now grieved 
him was the prejudice Annie had taken 
up, which prevented him from deriving any 
advantage from her co-operation, besides 
giving him an uncomfortable feeling of 
separation from his only sister. 
By night Annie seemed to have reco¬ 
vered her serenity, though, true to her cha¬ 
racter, she made not a word of acknow¬ 
ledgment, nor did she intimate that she 
thought she had been in the wrong,—thus 
making good Sidney’s assertion “ that it 
was not easy for some folks to own them¬ 
selves in the wrong.” She took no notice 
of her brother’s absence in the afternoon; 
