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Chapter 31

           

           Thepoorgirlwasmovinghastilyaway,whenshewassuddenly,innauticalphrase,‘broughtto’byasubduedshriekfromMissMonflathers.

           ‘Shehaspassedmewithoutanysalute!’criedthegoverness,raisinghereyestothesky.‘Shehasactuallypassedmewithouttheslightestacknowledgmentofmypresence!’

           Theyoungladyturnedandcurtsied.Nellcouldseethatsheraisedherdarkeyestothefaceofhersuperior,andthattheirexpression,andthatofherwholeattitudefortheinstant,wasoneofmutebutmosttouchingappealagainstthisungeneroususage.MissMonflathersonlytossedherheadinreply,andthegreatgatecloseduponaburstingheart.

           ‘Asforyou,youwickedchild,’saidMissMonflathers,turningtoNell,‘tellyourmistressthatifshepresumestotakethelibertyofsendingtomeanymore,Iwillwritetothelegislativeauthoritiesandhaveherputinthestocks,orcompelledtodopenanceinawhitesheet;andyoumaydependuponitthatyoushallcertainlyexperiencethetreadmillifyoudaretocomehereagain.Nowladies,on.’

           Theprocessionfiledoff,twoandtwo,withthebooksandparasols,andMissMonflathers,callingtheBaronet’sdaughtertowalkwithherandsmoothherruffledfeelings,discardedthetwoteacherswhobythistimehadexchangedtheirsmilesforlooksofsympathyandleftthemtobringuptherear,andhateeachotheralittlemoreforbeingobligedtowalktogether.

           

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