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Miss Miller signed toup to the top of the long room she cried out "Monitors, collect the lesson-books and put theoing round, gathered the

books and reave the word of coirls went out and returned presently, each bearing a tray,

with portions of soed thereon, and a

pitcher of water andin the middle of each tray The portions

were handed round; those who liked took a draught of the water, the

common to all When it came to my turn, I drank, for I

was thirsty, but did not touch the food, excite: I noever, that it was a

thin oaten cake shared into fragments

The meal over, prayers were read by Miss Miller, and the classes

filed off, two and two, upstairs Overpowered by this time with

weariness, I scarcely noticed what sort of a place the bedroom was,

except that, like the schoolrooht

I was to be Miss Miller's bed-fellow; she helpedrows of beds, each of which was

quickly filled with two occupants; in ten uished, and aht passed rapidly I was too tired even to dreausts, and the rain fall

in torrents, and to be sensible that Miss Miller had taken her place

by ing;