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"Well," said Patty, "there are proctors, you know, that mark you when you are absent; and then, if they find that you've over-cut, the Self-Government Committee calls you up and asks the reason. If you can't produce a good excuse you are deprived of your privileges for a month, and you can't be on committees or in plays or get leave of absence to go out of town."
You've already over-cut twice. What excuse do you intend to give when the Self-Government Committee asks for an explanation?" "'Sufficient unto the day," laughed Patty. "When the time comes I'll think of a beautiful new excuse that will charm the committee." "You ought to be ashamed to evade the rules the way you do."
"Chapel excuses. I've over-cut four times, I think it's four, though I've rather lost count, and I haven't any excuse." "But, Patty, don't tell me that. You must have some excuse, some reason for " "Not the shadow of one. Just stayed away because I didn't feel like going."
"Oh, it wasn't you," Patty remonstrated hastily. "It was just the obligatoriness. And besides," she added frankly, "my legitimate cuts were used up days ago, and when I once begin over-cutting, I am reckless." "And may I ask what happens when you over-cut?" the bishop inquired.
The people groaned over the unnecessary expense of this huge building, which might well, from its size, have been a home for the whole village; and they told us that the communal forests had been terribly over-cut to provide the money for it. Our first demand was for food; our next, for a guide to the glacières.
They won't hand in chapel excuses, and they will run off with library books, and, altogether, they're an immoral lot." "They can afford to be; they're young," sighed Patty, enviously. "But I," she added, "am getting old, and it's time I was getting good. I've called to tell you that I've over-cut four times, and I haven't any excuse." "What are you talking about?" asked Cathy, in amazement.
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