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It was near Christeneral holiday approached I now closed Morton school, taking care

that the parting should not be barren on my side Good fortune

opens the hand as well as the heart wonderfully; and to give

soely received, is but to afford a vent to

the unusual ebullition of the sensations I had long felt with

pleasure that many of my rustic scholars liked me, and e

parted, that consciousness was confirmed: they manifested their

affection plainly and strongly Deep was ratification to find I

had really a place in their unsophisticated hearts: I promised them

that never a week should pass in future that I did not visit the in their school

Mr Rivers cairls, file out before me, and locked the door, I stood with the key

ina feords of special fareith some

half-dozen of my best scholars: as decent, respectable,women as could be found in the ranks of the

British peasantry And that is saying a great deal; for after all,

the British peasantry are the best taught, bestof any in Europe: since those days I have seen paysannes