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Miss Spencer sighed soretfully, and her eyes fell "I fear

it must have been Naida, from your description But she is scarcely

more than a child Surely, Lieutenant, it cannot be possible that you

have becohteen, is she not? I was soinality, and hoped to renew our slight

acquaintanceship here in more formal manner She is your 'star' pupil,

then?"

"Why, she is not really in my school at all, but I outline the studies

she pursues at home, and lend her such books as I consider best adapted

for her reading She is such a strange girl!"

"Indeed? She appeared to me to be extremely unconventional, with a

decided tendency for es to do everything in a different way from other

people Her mind seems peculiarly independent, and she is so

unreservedly Western in her ways and language But I was referring

rather to her taste in books--she devours everything"

"You mean as a student?"

"Well, yes, I suppose so; at least she appears to possess the faculty