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These ladies were deferentially received by Miss Temple, as Mrs and

the Misses Brocklehurst, and conducted to seats of honour at the top

of the rooe with their

reverend relative, and had been conducting a ru scrutiny of

the room upstairs, while he transacted business with the

housekeeper, questioned the laundress, and lectured the

superintendent They now proceeded to address divers reed with the care of the linen

and the inspection of the dormitories: but I had no time to listen

to what they said; other matters called off and enchantedup the discourse of Mr Brocklehurst and

Miss Telected precautions to

secure ht would be effected, if I

could only elude observation To this end, I had sat well back on

the for to be busy with my sum, had held ht have escaped

notice, had not my treacherous slate so with an obtrusive crash, directly drawn every

eye upon me; I kneas all over now, and, as I stooped to pick