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" Pardon me; I said not that," gently inter- 

 poses the teacher ; " only that they looked too 

 big ; bigger than they are, when she turns 

 them outward." 



"And you do sit very much on one side," 

 she continues to Versatilia ; "and your crimps 

 are quite flat, my dear," to the beauty. 



"Never mind; they aren't fastened on with 

 a safety pin," retorts the beauty, plucking up 

 spirit, unexpectedly. 



" O, no ! of course not," the wise fairy in- 

 terposes, with a little laugh. " You young 

 ladies do not do such things, of course. But, 

 do you know, I heard of a lady who wore a 

 switch into a riding-school ring one day, and 

 it came off, and the riding master had to keep 

 it in his pocket until the end of the lesson." 



Little does the wise fairy know of the society 

 young lady's ways ! What she has determined 

 to say, she declines to retain unsaid, and so she 

 cries: "And you do thrust your head forward 

 so awkwardly, Nell ! " 



" ' We are ladies,' " quotes Nell, " and we can't 

 answer you," and the society young lady finds 

 herself alone with the wise fairy, who is sud- 



