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A chapter having been read through twice, the books were closed and

the girls exan of

Charles I, and there were sundry questions about tonnage and

poundage and ship-money, which most of them appeared unable to

answer; still, every little difficulty was solved instantly when it

reached Burns: her memory seemed to have retained the substance of

the whole lesson, and she was ready with answers on every point I

kept expecting that Miss Scatcherd would praise her attention; but,

instead of that, she suddenly cried out "You dirty, disagreeable girl! you have never cleaned your nails

this !"

Burns ht I,

"does she not explain that she could neither clean her nails nor

wash her face, as the water was frozen?"

My attention was now called off by Miss Sit, she talked towhether I had ever been at school before,

whether I could mark, stitch, knit, &c; till she dismissed me, I

could not pursue my observations on Miss Scatcherd's movements

When I returned toan order

of which I did not catch the i into the small inner room where the books were

kept, returned in half a ether at one end This ominous tool she presented to