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Chapter 31

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           Adeephumofapplauserosenotonlyfromthetwoteachers,butfromallthepupils,whowereequallyastonishedtohearMissMonflathersimprovisingafterthisbrilliantstyle;foralthoughshehadbeenlongknownasapolitician,shehadneverappearedbeforeasanoriginalpoet.JustthensomebodyhappenedtodiscoverthatNellwascrying,andalleyeswereagainturnedtowardsher.

           Therewereindeedtearsinhereyes,anddrawingoutherhandkerchieftobrushthemaway,shehappenedtoletitfall.Beforeshecouldstooptopickitup,oneyoungladyofaboutfifteenorsixteen,whohadbeenstandingalittleapartfromtheothers,asthoughshehadnorecognisedplaceamongthem,sprangforwardandputitinherhand.Shewasglidingtimidlyawayagain,whenshewasarrestedbythegoverness.

           ‘ItwasMissEdwardswhodidthat,Iknow,’saidMissMonflatherspredictively.‘NowIamsurethatwasMissEdwards.’

           ItwasMissEdwards,andeverybodysaiditwasMissEdwards,andMissEdwardsherselfadmittedthatitwas.

           ‘Isitnot,’saidMissMonflathers,puttingdownherparasoltotakeasevererviewoftheoffender,‘amostremarkablething,MissEdwards,thatyouhaveanattachmenttothelowerclasseswhichalwaysdrawsyoutotheirsides;or,rather,isitnotamostextraordinarythingthatallIsayanddowillnotweanyoufrompropensitieswhichyouroriginalstationinlifehaveunhappilyrenderedhabitualtoyou,youextremelyvulgar-mindedgirl?’

           ‘Ireallyintendednoharm,ma’am,’saidasweetvoice.‘Itwasamomentaryimpulse,indeed.

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