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"Does he live here?"

"No--two ood reat deal of good"

"Did you say that tall lady was called Miss Temple?"

"Yes"

"And what are the other teachers called?"

"The one with red cheeks is called Miss Smith; she attends to the

work, and cuts out--for we make our own clothes, our frocks, and

pelisses, and everything; the little one with black hair is Miss

Scatcherd; she teaches history and grammar, and hears the second

class repetitions; and the one ears a shawl, and has a pocket-

handkerchief tied to her side with a yellow ribband, is Madame

Pierrot: she comes from Lisle, in France, and teaches French"

"Do you like the teachers?"

"Well enough"

"Do you like the little black one, and the Madame -?--I cannot

pronounce her name as you do"

"Miss Scatcherd is hasty--you must take care not to offend her;

Madame Pierrot is not a bad sort of person"

"But Miss Teood and very clever; she is above the rest,

because she knows farhere?"

"Two years"

"Are you an orphan?"

"My mother is dead"

"Are you happy here?"