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Chapter 25

           ‘I’mverygladtheydidn’tmindme!’

           Itisdifficult,however,topleaseeverybody,asmostofuswouldhavediscovered,evenwithoutthefablewhichbearsthatmoral,andinthecourseoftheafternoonseveralmothersandauntsofpupilslookedintoexpresstheirentiredisapprovaloftheschoolmaster’sproceeding.Afewconfinedthemselvestohints,suchaspolitelyinquiringwhatred-letterdayorsaint’sdaythealmanacksaiditwas;afew(theseweretheprofoundvillagepoliticians)arguedthatitwasaslighttothethroneandanaffronttochurchandstate,andsavouredofrevolutionaryprinciples,tograntahalf-holidayuponanylighteroccasionthanthebirthdayoftheMonarch;butthemajorityexpressedtheirdispleasureonprivategroundsandinplainterms,arguingthattoputthepupilsonthisshortallowanceoflearningwasnothingbutanactofdownrightrobberyandfraud:andoneoldlady,findingthatshecouldnotinflameorirritatethepeaceableschoolmasterbytalkingtohim,bouncedoutofhishouseandtalkedathimforhalf-an-houroutsidehisownwindow,toanotheroldlady,sayingthatofcoursehewoulddeductthishalf-holidayfromhisweeklycharge,orofcoursehewouldnaturallyexpecttohaveanoppositionstartedagainsthim;therewasnowantofidlechapsinthatneighbourhood(heretheoldladyraisedhervoice),andsomechapswhoweretooidleeventobeschoolmasters,mightsoonfindthattherewereotherchapsputovertheirheads,andsoshewouldhavethemtakecare,andlookprettysharpaboutthem.

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