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the girls were up and dressing; day had not yet begun to dawn, and a

rushlight or two burned in the room I too rose reluctantly; it was

bitter cold, and I dressed as well as I could for shivering, and

washed when there was a basin at liberty, which did not occur soon,

as there was but one basin to six girls, on the stands down the

: all formed in file, two

and two, and in that order descended the stairs and entered the cold

and dimly lit schoolroom: here prayers were read by Miss Miller;

afterwards she called out "Forreat tu which Miss Miller

repeatedly exclaimed, "Silence!" and "Order!" When it subsided, I

saw them all drawn up in four semicircles, before four chairs,

placed at the four tables; all held books in their hands, and a

great book, like a Bible, lay on each table, before the vacant seat

A pause of soue hum

of nu this

indefinite sound