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Chapter V

           Ofthispreparationatolerablyabundantplatefulwasapportionedtoeachpupil. IatewhatIcould,andwonderedwithinmyselfwhethereveryday’sfarewouldbelikethis. 

           Afterdinner,weimmediatelyadjournedtotheschoolroom:lessonsrecommenced,andwerecontinuedtillfiveo’clock. 

           Theonlymarkedeventoftheafternoonwas,thatIsawthegirlwithwhomIhadconversedintheverandahdismissedindisgracebyMissScatcherdfromahistoryclass,andsenttostandinthemiddleofthelargeschoolroom. Thepunishmentseemedtomeinahighdegreeignominious,especiallyforsogreatagirl—shelookedthirteenorupwards. Iexpectedshewouldshowsignsofgreatdistressandshame;buttomysurprisesheneitherweptnorblushed:composed,thoughgrave,shestood,thecentralmarkofalleyes. "Howcanshebearitsoquietly—sofirmly?"Iaskedofmyself. "WereIinherplace,itseemstomeIshouldwishtheearthtoopenandswallowmeup. Shelooksasifshewerethinkingofsomethingbeyondherpunishment—beyondhersituation:ofsomethingnotroundhernorbeforeher. Ihaveheardofday-dreams—issheinaday-dreamnow?Hereyesarefixedonthefloor,butIamsuretheydonotseeit—hersightseemsturnedin,gonedownintoherheart:sheislookingatwhatshecanremember,Ibelieve;notatwhatisreallypresent. Iwonderwhatsortofagirlsheis—whethergoodornaughty." 

           Soonafterfivep.m.wehadanothermeal,consistingofasmallmugofcoffee,andhalf-a-sliceofbrownbread. 

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