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Chapter 31

           

           ‘Yes,ma’am,’repliedNell,colouringdeeply,fortheyoungladieshadcollectedabouther,andshewasthecentreonwhichalleyeswerefixed.

           ‘Anddon’tyouthinkyoumustbeaverywickedlittlechild,’saidMissMonflathers,whowasofratheruncertaintemper,andlostnoopportunityofimpressingmoraltruthsuponthetendermindsoftheyoungladies,‘tobeawax-workchildatall?’

           PoorNellhadneverviewedherpositioninthislight,andnotknowingwhattosay,remainedsilent,blushingmoredeeplythanbefore.

           ‘Don’tyouknow,’saidMissMonflathers,‘thatit’sverynaughtyandunfeminine,andaperversionofthepropertieswiselyandbenignantlytransmittedtous,withexpansivepowerstoberousedfromtheirdormantstatethroughthemediumofcultivation?’

           Thetwoteachersmurmuredtheirrespectfulapprovalofthishome-thrust,andlookedatNellasthoughtheywouldhavesaidthatthereindeedMissMonflathershadhitherveryhard.ThentheysmiledandglancedatMissMonflathers,andthen,theireyesmeeting,theyexchangedlookswhichplainlysaidthateachconsideredherselfsmilerinordinarytoMissMonflathers,andregardedtheotherashavingnorighttosmile,andthathersodoingwasanactofpresumptionandimpertinence.

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