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Robert ,” said Elizabeth. “And I was
right
. It isn’t fair of you not to believe me now.
I’m sure I’m right.”
42.
2. By Speech The
Naughtiest Girl Again
108 “And I know what the second thing is,”
said Elizabeth in a low voice. “It’s to clear Robert of blame. I do hate to think I
accused him unjustly
—and he really has been decent about it. I feel terribly
ashamed .”
Elizabeth admits her mistake that she has accused Robert for being a bully.
43. 108
“No, I know. I’m doing my best to learn that
,” said Elizabeth. “But you’ve no idea how difficult it is
, Miss Best.” Although it feels difficult to be a well-
behaved person, Elizabeth is doing her best to learn about it.
44. 111
“I’m going to find Robert now,” said Elizabeth. “That’s something I must put
right —but I’m not going to enjoy it one
bit” Elizabeth
plans to
find Robert
immediately because she wants to fix a problem with him.
45. 111
Elizabeth was angry with herself as she
went to find Robert. “I’ve done a really awful thing
,” she thought. “I’ve accused somebody in public of doing a whole lot
of mean thing
s and he didn’t do one of them
. I got him punished —just at a time
when he began to try and turn over a new leaf too Everybody has helped him
— and I was the only one who must have
made him feel angry and unhappy
. I do feel disgusted with myself
.” Elizabeth admits to herself upon her
mistakes she has done to Robert.
46. 112
“Robert,” said Elizabeth, “I made a dreadful mistake about you. It was
somebody else who played those tricks, not you.
” Elizabeth admits to Robert about her
mistake.
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47.
2. By Speech The
Naughtiest Girl Again
114 “Well, next time I’ll give people a chance
before I believe beastly things about
them,” said Elizabeth to herself. “I really must think twice, three times,
four times before I lose my temper or accuse people
of anything. It’s so funny—I just hated
Robert, and now I simply can’t help liking him awfully
—and yet he’s the same person.”
Elizabeth murmurs to herself that she should not easily judge people.
48. 120
“Don’t tease me about that,” said Elizabeth, slowing down her horse
. “I’m turning over a new leaf too I want to be
nice always. In fact, when I came back to Whyteleafe this term I had made up
my mind to do my very, very best and be as nice as I could.
And really, I’ve made the most awful muddles and mistakes I
know that I shall never be made a monitor1”
Elizabeth is trying to change herself into a better person.
49. 126
“Eileen, would it be all right if Robert played in the match on Saturday instead of
me?’ asked Elizabeth. “You see, I’ve discovered that he didn’t do the things I
accused him of at the last Meeting
—so I think it would be only fair if I let him
have the chance of playing this time. ”
Elizabeth sees that she blames Robert a wrong thing. She gives her position in
the match to him to pay for her mistake.
50. 130
“I want to say this,” she began. “Last week I accused Robert of playing some
mean tricks on me and Jenny. You all
believed me, and you said that Robert shouldn’t play in the match as a
Elizabeth is trying to tell the truth that she has accused a wrong person. She
admits that she is wrong.
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punishment. Well, I was wrong. It wasn’t Robert after all. It was somebody
else.”
2. By Speech
