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Chapter 31

           

           ‘Animpulse!’repeatedMissMonflathersscornfully.‘Iwonderthatyoupresumetospeakofimpulsestome’boththeteachersassented‘Iamastonished’boththeteacherswereastonished‘Isupposeitisanimpulsewhichinducesyoutotakethepartofeverygrovellinganddebasedpersonthatcomesinyourway’boththeteacherssupposedsotoo.

           ‘ButIwouldhaveyouknow,MissEdwards,’resumedthegovernessinatoneofincreasedseverity,‘thatyoucannotbepermittedifitbeonlyforthesakeofpreservingaproperexampleanddecoruminthisestablishmentthatyoucannotbepermitted,andthatyoushallnotbepermitted,toflyinthefaceofyoursuperiorsinthisexceedinglygrossmanner.Ifyouhavenoreasontofeelabecomingpridebeforewax-workchildren,thereareyoungladiesherewhohave,andyoumusteitherdefertothoseyoungladiesorleavetheestablishment,MissEdwards.’

           Thisyounglady,beingmotherlessandpoor,wasapprenticedattheschooltaughtfornothingteachingotherswhatshelearnt,fornothingboardedfornothinglodgedfornothingandsetdownandratedassomethingimmeasurablylessthannothing,byallthedwellersinthehouse.Theservant-maidsfeltherinferiority,fortheywerebettertreated;freetocomeandgo,andregardedintheirstationswithmuchmorerespect.Theteacherswereinfinitelysuperior,fortheyhadpaidtogotoschoolintheirtime,andwerepaidnow.

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