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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1878. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVI. A VERY PLEASANT PART OF THE WAT. ERTY did not fail to exhort Ada to be very good during the time they had still to remain at school, in case Miss Maria might find an excuse to interfere, and forbid her going to Burnside. The thought that Miss Maria was very well pleased to enjoy her holidays in peace, undisturbed by any of her pupils, would have seemed very strange to Gerty, who imagined it must be a real grief to her to spend even a fortnight without some one to lecture and instruct. She had not yet got over the childish impression that giving holidays at all is a bitter thing to teachers,--a concession unwillingly wrung from them, and therefore all the more precious to their scholars. Ada used to laugh at Gerty's fears for her; but there was no doubt that she also shared them in a measure, and both little girls felt they would not be safe till they were really in the train, steaming away from the city and Miss Martyn's school. The bazaar which the girls had been preparing for so busily came off on the last Saturday before the holidays. All the evening and most of the morning before, they were occupied in decorating the schoolroom with evergreens, and arranging the tables as effectively as possible; and at two o'clock the bazaar was, as the girls said, open, and the visitors began to arrive. They were all relations and friends of Miss Martyn and her pupils, and the assembly was a very merry one. Much interest was excited by May Allardyce's pretty mother, who came early and remained late, chatting gaily with the girls, and making many purchases of the most varied kind. May hung to her dress the whole time, and told stories about her companions in a shrill high-pitched voice which made them audible to all around; but she had the grace to introduce Ad...
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- EditoreGeneral Books LLC
- Data di pubblicazione2012
- ISBN 10 0217437397
- ISBN 13 9780217437394
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine92
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