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Chapter VIII

           TheyconversedofthingsIhadneverheardof;ofnationsandtimespast;ofcountriesfaraway;ofsecretsofnaturediscoveredorguessedat:theyspokeofbooks:howmanytheyhadread!Whatstoresofknowledgetheypossessed! ThentheyseemedsofamiliarwithFrenchnamesandFrenchauthors:butmyamazementreacheditsclimaxwhenMissTempleaskedHelenifshesometimessnatchedamomenttorecalltheLatinherfatherhadtaughther,andtakingabookfromashelf,badeherreadandconstrueapageofVirgil;andHelenobeyed,myorganofvenerationexpandingateverysoundingline. Shehadscarcelyfinishederethebellannouncedbedtime!nodelaycouldbeadmitted;MissTempleembracedusboth,saying,asshedrewustoherheart 

           "Godblessyou,mychildren!" 

           Helensheheldalittlelongerthanme:shelethergomorereluctantly;itwasHelenhereyefollowedtothedoor;itwasforhersheasecondtimebreathedasadsigh;forhershewipedatearfromhercheek. 

           Onreachingthebedroom,weheardthevoiceofMissScatcherd: shewasexaminingdrawers;shehadjustpulledoutHelenBurns’s,andwhenweenteredHelenwasgreetedwithasharpreprimand,andtoldthatto-morrowsheshouldhavehalf-a-dozenofuntidilyfoldedarticlespinnedtohershoulder. 

           "Mythingswereindeedinshamefuldisorder,"murmuredHelentome,inalowvoice:"Iintendedtohavearrangedthem,butIforgot." 

           Nextmorning,MissScatcherdwroteinconspicuouscharactersonapieceofpasteboardtheword"Slattern,"andbounditlikeaphylacteryroundHelen’slarge,mild,intelligent,andbenign-lookingforehead. 

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