76 IN THE BIDING- SCHOOL. 



escort into thinking that she is one. Glad she's 

 no pupil of mine, however ! She always leads 

 the conversation, one of her friends told me the 

 other day. That is to say, she is always acting. I 

 can't teach such a person anything ; nobody can. 

 She can teach herself, as she can think of her- 

 self and love herself, but she can't go outside of 

 herself — and the lawyer will find it out after he 

 has married her." 



Esmeralda and Theodore stared in astonish- 

 ment. 



" Walk," said the master, noticing that his 

 pupil looked too warm for comfort, and the 

 three allowed the others to go on without them. 

 "Careful," he added, and Esmeralda, adjusting 

 herself studiously, asked: "Is it really easier 

 to ride on the road than it is in the school ? It 



seems so." 



" It is a little, especially if the corners of the 

 ring are so near together that the horse goes in 

 a circle, for then the rider has to lean to the 

 right, while on the road she may sit straight. 

 Give me the right kind of a horse for my pupil 

 to ride, and I would as lief give lessons on the 

 road as anywhere, but it is not so well for the 



