I am sorry, Miss Grey, you should think it's necessary to interfere with Master Bloomfield's amusements; he was very much distressed about you destroying the birds.'' When Master Bloomfield's amusements consist in injuring sentient creatures,' I answered, 'I think it is my duty to interfere.'' You seemed to have forgotten,' said she, calmly, 'that the creatures were all created for our convenience.' I thought that doctrine admitted some doubt, but merely replied - 'If they were, we have no right to torment them for our amusement.

Agnes Grey