Chapter 10

           ThefelicitousideaoccurredtomeamorningortwolaterwhenIwoke,thatthebeststepIcouldtaketowardsmakingmyselfuncommonwastogetoutofBiddyeverythingsheknew.InpursuanceofthisluminousconceptionImentionedtoBiddywhenIwenttoMr.Wopsle’sgreat-aunt’satnight,thatIhadaparticularreasonforwishingtogetoninlife,andthatIshouldfeelverymuchobligedtoherifshewouldimpartallherlearningtome.Biddy,whowasthemostobligingofgirls,immediatelysaidshewould,andindeedbegantocarryoutherpromisewithinfiveminutes.

           TheEducationalschemeorCourseestablishedbyMr.Wopsle’sgreat-auntmayberesolvedintothefollowingsynopsis.Thepupilsateapplesandputstrawsdownoneanother’sbacks,untilMr.Wopsle’sgreat-auntcollectedherenergies,andmadeanindiscriminatetotteratthemwithabirch-rod.Afterreceivingthechargewitheverymarkofderision,thepupilsformedinlineandbuzzinglypassedaraggedbookfromhandtohand.Thebookhadanalphabetinit,somefiguresandtables,andalittlespellingthatistosay,ithadhadonce.Assoonasthisvolumebegantocirculate,Mr.Wopsle’sgreat-auntfellintoastateofcoma,arisingeitherfromsleeporarheumaticparoxysm.ThepupilsthenenteredamongthemselvesuponacompetitiveexaminationonthesubjectofBoots,withtheviewofascertainingwhocouldtreadthehardestuponwhosetoes.

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