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Chapter 31

           Thepupilscaredlittleforacompanionwhohadnograndstoriestotellabouthome;nofriendstocomewithpost-horses,andbereceivedinallhumility,withcakeandwine,bythegoverness;nodeferentialservanttoattendandbearherhomefortheholidays;nothinggenteeltotalkabout,andnothingtodisplay.ButwhywasMissMonflathersalwaysvexedandirritatedwiththepoorapprenticehowdidthatcometopass?

           Why,thegayestfeatherinMissMonflathers’scap,andthebrightestgloryofMissMonflathers’sschool,wasabaronet’sdaughterthereallivedaughterofareallivebaronetwho,bysomeextraordinaryreversaloftheLawsofNature,wasnotonlyplaininfeaturesbutdullinintellect,whilethepoorapprenticehadbothareadywit,andahandsomefaceandfigure.Itseemsincredible.HerewasMissEdwards,whoonlypaidasmallpremiumwhichhadbeenspentlongago,everydayoutshiningandexcellingthebaronet’sdaughter,wholearnedalltheextras(orwastaughtthemall)andwhosehalf-yearlybillcametodoublethatofanyotheryounglady’sintheschool,makingnoaccountofthehonourandreputationofherpupilage.Therefore,andbecauseshewasadependent,MissMonflathershadagreatdisliketoMissEdwards,andwasspitefultoher,andaggravatedbyher,and,whenshehadcompassiononlittleNell,verballyfelluponandmaltreatedheraswehavealreadyseen.

           ‘Youwillnottaketheairto-day,MissEdwards,’saidMissMonflathers.‘Havethegoodnesstoretiretoyourownroom,andnottoleaveitwithoutpermission

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