Edgar Degas Star of the Ballet painting

Edgar Degas Star of the Ballet painting
Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Red Hat painting
can. . ." Davy groped mentally for a suitable penance. . ."you can skin me alive, Anne."
"Don't say `whopper,' Davy. . .say `falsehood,'" said the schoolma'am.
"Why?" queried Davy, settling comfortably down and looking up with a tearstained, investigating face. "Why ain't whopper as good as falsehood? I want to know. It's just as big a word."
"It's slang; and it's wrong for little boys to use slang."
"There's an awful lot of things it's wrong to do," said Davy with a sigh. "I never s'posed there was so many. I'm sorry it's wrong to tell whop. . . falsehoods, 'cause it's awful handy, but since it is I'm never going to tell any more. What are you going to do to me for telling them this time? I want to know." Anne looked beseechingly at Marilla.