EDMUND looks ashamed of himself and his father astonished. Some fault has been committed during the day, but we won't inquire what it is, and only praise Edmund for honestly telling it out in this way before he says "good-night." Edmund has always been told to speak the truth, and if he has done wrong to confess it ; and he does as he is told, we see. And while his father will no doubt punish him if he deserves it, he will not do it as heavily as if the fault had been hidden. That makes matters much worse always, and the doer of the fault a very miserable creature, because he has the fear of being found out as well as the knowledge of the fault itself weighing on his mind. Remember this next time you do wrong, and go and tell your fault. If we confess our faults we shall have forgiveness.
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