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Chapter V

           Whilethedirectionwasbeingexecuted,theladyconsultedmovedslowlyuptheroom. IsupposeIhaveaconsiderableorganofveneration,forIretainyetthesenseofadmiringawewithwhichmyeyestracedhersteps. Seennow,inbroaddaylight,shelookedtall,fair,andshapely;browneyeswithabenignantlightintheiriris,andafinepencillingoflonglashesround,relievedthewhitenessofherlargefront; oneachofhertemplesherhair,ofaverydarkbrown,wasclusteredinroundcurls,accordingtothefashionofthosetimes,whenneithersmoothbandsnorlongringletswereinvogue;herdress,alsointhemodeoftheday,wasofpurplecloth,relievedbyasortofSpanishtrimmingofblackvelvet; agoldwatch(watcheswerenotsocommonthenasnow)shoneathergirdle. Letthereaderadd,tocompletethepicture,refinedfeatures;acomplexion,ifpale,clear;andastatelyairandcarriage,andhewillhave,atleast,asclearlyaswordscangiveit,acorrectideaoftheexteriorofMissTempleMariaTemple,asIafterwardssawthenamewritteninaprayer-bookintrustedtometocarrytochurch. 

           ThesuperintendentofLowood(forsuchwasthislady)havingtakenherseatbeforeapairofglobesplacedononeofthetables,summonedthefirstclassroundher,andcommencedgivingalessonongeography;thelowerclasseswerecalledbytheteachers:repetitionsinhistory,grammar,etc.,wentonforanhour;writingandarithmeticsucceeded,andmusiclessonsweregivenbyMissTempletosomeoftheeldergirls. Thedurationofeachlessonwasmeasuredbytheclock,whichatlaststrucktwelve.Thesuperintendentrose 

           "Ihaveawordtoaddresstothepupils,"saidshe. 

           Thetumultofcessationfromlessonswasalreadybreakingforth,butitsankathervoice. Shewenton 

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