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much precision and deliberation, and announces 

 that she will never, no, never ! never so long as 

 she lives, come again ; and in spite of Nell's 

 attempts to quiet her, she repeats the state- 

 ment in the reception room, in the master's 

 hearing, aiming it straight at his quiet coun- 

 tenance. 



" No ? " he says, not so much disturbed as 

 she could desire. " You should not despair, 

 you will learn in time." 



" I don't despair," she answers ; " but I 

 know something, and I will not be treated as if 

 I knew nothing." 



u Ah, you know something," he repeats, in 

 an interested way. " But what you do not 

 know, my young lady, is how little that some- 

 thing is ! This is a school ; you come here to 

 be taught. I will not cheat you by not teach- 

 ing you." 



" And it is no way to teach ! Three men 

 ordering a class at once ! " 



" Ah, it is ' no way to teach ' ! Now, it is I who 

 am taking a lesson from you. I am greatly 

 obliged, but I must keep to my own old way. It 

 may be wrong — for you, my young lady — but 



