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Will the child who did it
please stand up?"
Miss Dilly waited. She
looked out at the leaden sky,
the dripping trees. No one
stood up. It was Robert, she
was sure of it.
. "You will stay after school,
Robert," she said suddenly.
He ducked his head. The
redness in his face reached
his blond hair. He had broken
her vase. He would have to
admit it. After all, it was a
matter of principle. He might
as well learn that now.
yyr three o'clock, Miss Dilly
led her orderly group into
the hall. The clang of the bell
meant liberation, and the
children knew it. She kept
them in line to the outside
door and watched them break
formation to race home.
Back in her room, Miss
Dilly closed the door firmly
and went to her desk.
"Robert, come up here."
He came, slowly, shuffling.
"Robert," she said severely.
"I insist on the truth. Did you
break my vase?"
He looked as if he might
cry, and his voice was un
steady. "No, Miss Dilly."
"Why don't you tell the
truth?" she persisted.
"I didn't do it," he protested
sturdily, but she saw the sud
den trembling of his lower lip,
the brightness of his eyes.
"Do you know who did
break it?" she questioned.
He was looking down at his
shoes. "No, ma'am."
Miss Dilly sighed. Sudden
ly, a feeling of utter failure
swept over her. She could not
reach this stubborn child.
"All right, Robert, you may
go home now."
He raised his head and
stared silently at her for a
long moment. Then his words
jumped at her, in a childish,
jerky treble.
"You don't believe me, do
you, Miss Dilly?"
He turned and ran out of
the room, and Miss Dilly
watched him go. The slam
ming of the door echoed loud
ly in the deserted hall. Anger
bubbled up in her, and yet
there was another, stranger
feeling. The words hadn't
mattered so much, it was the
accusing tone, the deep look
of injustice on his face. She
kept seeing it.
Miss Dilly stood up, then
wearily leaned down and
picked up the shining crystal
pieces and put them in the
basket. She walked to the
closet, to get her coat. It was
still wet, and she sniffed the
damp wool distastefully.
She sat down abruptly on
the first small desk, still hold
ing her coat. How long ago
had it been? She hadn't been
any older than Robert. Sud
denly, in one brief moment,
the years sped backwards.
The whole scene, the old feel
ing, leaped alive for her.
How proud and self-conscious
she had been when the
fourth-grade teacher had
"borrowed" her from the sec
ond grade. She stood straight
shouldered and tense against
the blackboard in a spelldown
with the older children, and
she had won. Back again in
her own room, she looked
eagerly to her own teacher,
Miss Bates, for approval. But
Miss Bates had her back
turned and didn't see her.
She slipped into her seat and
opened her book.
Miss Bates swooped down
the aisle behind her, her voice
loud with scorn.
"Ann Dilly! For shame!
Cheating during a test!"
Little Ann Dilly had pro
tested. "But ... I just . . ."
"Leave your seat and go to
the cloak room," Miss Bates
interrupted firmly. "We do
not like children who cheat."
It had been raining that
day, too, and Ann Dilly
pressed her face against the
wet wool coats to muffle the
sound of her crying ... to
soothe her hot face ... to
quiet the deep, angry feeling
of injustice.
Miss Bates had not seen her
come back into the room, and
had never let her explain she
had not known a test was in
progress. Against Miss Bates'
anger, little Ann Dilly had
never been able to find the
words to make her believe
she had not cheated.
"Robert." Miss Dilly moved
her lips soundlessly. "Robert!"
Quickly, she put on her
coat and ran down the hall,
out into the rain. Ahead, she
saw a small blue-clad figure
trudging slowly. She hurried
after him, through the rain.
She caught up with him
and laid her hand gently on
his shoulder. Robert looked
up at her, his tear-streaked
face startled. She saw the
frightened defiance begin
again in his eyes.
"Robert," Miss Dilly said
softly, "I just wanted to tell
you ... I believe you."
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