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Chapter V

           Ofthispreparationatolerablyabundantplatefulwasapportionedtoeachpupil. IatewhatIcould,andwonderedwithinmyselfwhethereveryday’sfarewouldbelikethis. 

           Afterdinner,weimmediatelyadjournedtotheschoolroom:lessonsrecommenced,andwerecontinuedtillfiveo’clock. 

           Theonlymarkedeventoftheafternoonwas,thatIsawthegirlwithwhomIhadconversedintheverandahdismissedindisgracebyMissScatcherdfromahistoryclass,andsenttostandinthemiddleofthelargeschoolroom. Thepunishmentseemedtomeinahighdegreeignominious,especiallyforsogreatagirlshelookedthirteenorupwards. Iexpectedshewouldshowsignsofgreatdistressandshame;buttomysurprisesheneitherweptnorblushed:composed,thoughgrave,shestood,thecentralmarkofalleyes. "Howcanshebearitsoquietlysofirmly?"Iaskedofmyself. "WereIinherplace,itseemstomeIshouldwishtheearthtoopenandswallowmeup. Shelooksasifshewerethinkingofsomethingbeyondherpunishmentbeyondhersituation:ofsomethingnotroundhernorbeforeher. Ihaveheardofday-dreamsissheinaday-dreamnow?Hereyesarefixedonthefloor,butIamsuretheydonotseeithersightseemsturnedin,gonedownintoherheart:sheislookingatwhatshecanremember,Ibelieve;notatwhatisreallypresent. Iwonderwhatsortofagirlsheiswhethergoodornaughty." 

           Soonafterfivep.m.wehadanothermeal,consistingofasmallmugofcoffee,andhalf-a-sliceofbrownbread. 

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