`` If I did you would n't understand me , sweet little sister , '' rejoined aggravating Dan . Finally Cyrus crowned his iniquities by stealing the denied lock of Cecily 's hair . One sunny afternoon in school , Cecily and Kitty Marr asked and received permission to sit out on the side bench before the open window , where the cool breeze swept in from the green fields beyond . To sit on this bench was always considered a treat , and was only allowed as a reward of merit ; but Cecily and Kitty had another reason for wishing to sit there . Kitty had read in a magazine that sun-baths were good for the hair ; so both she and Cecily tossed their long braids over the window-sill and let them hang there in the broiling sun-shine . And while Cecily sat thus , diligently working a fraction sum on her slate , that base Cyrus asked permission to go out , having previously borrowed a pair of scissors from one of the big girls who did fancy work at the noon recess . Outside , Cyrus sneaked up close to the window and cut off a piece of Cecily 's hair . This rape of the lock did not produce quite such terrible consequences as the more famous one in Pope 's poem , but Cecily 's soul was no less agitated than Belinda 's . She cried all the way home from school about it , and only checked her tears when Dan declared he 'd fight Cyrus and make him give it up . `` Oh , no , You must n't . '' said Cecily , struggling with her sobs . `` I wo n't have you fighting on my account for anything . And besides , he 'd likely lick you -- he 's so big and rough . And the folks at home might find out all about it , and Uncle Roger would never give me any peace , and mother would be cross , for she 'd never believe it was n't my fault . It would n't be so bad if he 'd only taken a little , but he cut a great big chunk right off the end of one of the braids . Just look at it . I 'll have to cut the other to make them fair -- and they 'll look so awful stubby . '' But Cyrus ' acquirement of the chunk of hair was his last triumph . His downfall was near ; and , although it involved Cecily in a most humiliating experience , over which she cried half the following night , in the end she confessed it was worth undergoing just to get rid of Cyrus . Mr. Perkins was an exceedingly strict disciplinarian .
No communication XXXXX any sort was permitted between his pupils during school hours .
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