REMEMBERED HER LESSON
' What?' said the little girl. The father is rather fastidious in his speech, and he said to the five-year-old ' You should never say " what?" my dear; always say, " I beg your pardon." ' That the injunction erred on the side of swecpingness was conveyed to him when the little girl, pointing to a blossom, said : ' " I beg your pardon " is the name of that flower.'
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New Zealand Tablet, 7 December 1911, Page 2502
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67REMEMBERED HER LESSON New Zealand Tablet, 7 December 1911, Page 2502
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