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Life in the making: 335 total pages.

was heard. In an upper hallway, surrounded by a bewildered group of grown-ups, Rigby was lying in a heap on the-floor. His face was buried in his hands. He would not speak to anyone; he would not allow anyone to touch him. When efforts to rouse him became unpleasant he screamed aloud. "What is the matter with Rigby?" everyone was asking. But no one seemed to know. Just a few moments before be had been loitering in the hall when his nurse had reproved him, telling him to hurry up and put on his coat. Rigby declined. The nurse tried to force Mm. Rigby struggled. When she made further efforts he threw himself down in this way and refused to move or speak. Allan's independent determination not to accept help from anyone, and Rigby's violent refusal to act on the nurse's suggestion about putting on his wraps were indications that both of these children had reached a stage in child development which may come any time after the third birthday. The Realization of Personality. In the last chapter we have seen how, in his baby days, the child

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