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Amy’s Valley of Humiliation

           Itwouldhavebeenbadenoughtogotoherseat,andseethepityingfacesofherfriends,orthesatisfiedonesofherfewenemies,buttofacethewholeschool,withthatshamefreshuponher,seemedimpossible,andforasecondshefeltasifshecouldonlydropdownwhereshestood,andbreakherheartwithcrying.AbittersenseofwrongandthethoughtofJennySnowhelpedhertobearit,and,takingtheignominiousplace,shefixedhereyesonthestovefunnelabovewhatnowseemedaseaoffaces,andstoodthere,somotionlessandwhitethatthegirlsfoundithardtostudywiththatpatheticfigurebeforethem.

           Duringthefifteenminutesthatfollowed,theproudandsensitivelittlegirlsufferedashameandpainwhichsheneverforgot.Toothersitmightseemaludicrousortrivialaffair,buttoheritwasahardexperience,forduringthetwelveyearsofherlifeshehadbeengovernedbylovealone,andablowofthatsorthadnevertouchedherbefore.Thesmartofherhandandtheacheofherheartwereforgotteninthestingofthethought,"Ishallhavetotellathome,andtheywillbesodisappointedinme!"

           Thefifteenminutesseemedanhour,buttheycametoanendatlast,andtheword‘Recess!’hadneverseemedsowelcometoherbefore.

           "Youcango,MissMarch,"saidMr.Davis,looking,ashefelt,uncomfortable.

           HedidnotsoonforgetthereproachfulglanceAmygavehim,asshewent,withoutawordtoanyone,straightintotheanteroom,snatchedherthings,andlefttheplace"forever,"asshepassionatelydeclaredtoherself.

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