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Chapter 15

           AfterwardsintheeveningwhenIgavehimhisticket,heagainbegancryingpiteouslyandkissingme.Onecandoanythingwithhimbytenderness.

           “Whatisa‘ticket’?”Nicholasinquired.

           “Ihavebegungivingtheelderonesmarkseveryevening,showinghowtheyhavebehaved.”

           Nicholaslookedintotheradianteyesthatweregazingathim,andcontinuedtoturnoverthepagesandread.Inthediarywassetdowneverythinginthechildren’slivesthatseemednoteworthytotheirmotherasshowingtheircharactersorsuggestinggeneralreflectionsoneducationalmethods.Theywereforthemostpartquiteinsignificanttrifles,butdidnotseemsotothemotherortothefathereither,nowthathereadthisdiaryabouthischildrenforthefirsttime.

           Underthedate“5”wasentered:

           Mítyawasnaughtyattable.Papasaidhewastohavenopudding.Hehadnone,butlookedsounhappilyandgreedilyattheotherswhiletheywereeating!Ithinkthatpunishmentbydeprivingchildrenofsweetsonlydevelopstheirgreediness.MusttellNicholasthis.

           Nicholasputdownthebookandlookedathiswife.Theradianteyesgazedathimquestioningly:wouldheapproveordisapproveofherdiary?Therecouldbenodoubtnotonlyofhisapprovalbutalsoofhisadmirationforhiswife.

           Perhapsitneednotbedonesopedantically,thoughtNicholas,orevendoneatall,butthisuntiring,continualspiritualeffortofwhichthesoleaimwasthechildren’smoralwelfaredelightedhim.

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