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Chapter V

           Seenbythedimlightofthedips,theirnumbertomeappearedcountless,thoughnotinrealityexceedingeighty; theywereuniformlydressedinbrownstufffrocksofquaintfashion,andlonghollandpinafores. Itwasthehourofstudy;theywereengagedinconningovertheirto-morrow’stask,andthehumIhadheardwasthecombinedresultoftheirwhisperedrepetitions. 

           MissMillersignedtometositonabenchnearthedoor,thenwalkinguptothetopofthelongroomshecriedout 

           "Monitors,collectthelesson-booksandputthemaway!" Fourtallgirlsarosefromdifferenttables,andgoinground,gatheredthebooksandremovedthem. MissMilleragaingavethewordofcommand 

           "Monitors,fetchthesupper-trays!" 

           Thetallgirlswentoutandreturnedpresently,eachbearingatray,withportionsofsomething,Iknewnotwhat,arrangedthereon,andapitcherofwaterandmuginthemiddleofeachtray. Theportionswerehandedround;thosewholikedtookadraughtofthewater,themugbeingcommontoall. Whenitcametomyturn,Idrank,forIwasthirsty,butdidnottouchthefood,excitementandfatiguerenderingmeincapableofeating:Inowsaw,however,thatitwasathinoatencakeshavedintofragments. 

           Themealover,prayerswerereadbyMissMiller,andtheclassesfiledoff,twoandtwo,upstairs. Overpoweredbythistimewithweariness,Iscarcelynoticedwhatsortofaplacethebedroomwas,exceptthat,liketheschoolroom,Isawitwasverylong. To-nightIwastobeMissMiller’sbed-fellow;shehelpedmetoundress: whenlaiddownIglancedatthelongrowsofbeds,eachofwhichwasquicklyfilledwithtwooccupants;intenminutesthesinglelightwasextinguished,andamidstsilenceandcompletedarknessIfellasleep. 

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