Following The Teachers Rules, Up To A point

I REMEMBER OUR TEACHER BEING VERY EXPLICIT IN HER INSTRUCTIONS TO US; IN PARTICULAR WHERE FOLLOWING HER RULES WERE CONCERNED. SO ADAMANT WAS SHE, SHE WROTE THEM DOWN UPON THE BLACKBOARD AND MADE ME STAND BEFORE IT AND READ IT. FOR SHE KNEW WELL MY WANDERING TENDENCIES. AND THE GOD'S HONEST TRUTH! I DID FOLLOW HER RULES WRITTEN UPON THE BLACKBOARD, TO THE LETTER. AT LEAST, I FOLLOWED THEM FROM ONE END OF THE BLACKBOARD TO THE OTHER, AND TO WHERE THEY STOPPED AT THE EDGE, WITH MY EYES, AND I FOLLOWED THOSE RULES NO FURTHER THAN THAT. TO THIS DAY, I AM MORALLY CERTAIN I HAVE NOT COME TO REGRET IT - YET... T. W. FULLER; __